brochure “Partizanski spomenik u Mostaru” (1980)
book “Spomenica Mostara 1941-1945.”
another document or proof of the memorial stone (e.g., a photograph).
Remzija M. REBAC
REMZIJA REBAC, born on May 1, 1910*, in Mostar, son of MUHAMED and HATIDŽA (née Deronja), was an electrician. He became a member of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia (KPJ) in 1936. From 1937, he worked at the Zenica Steelworks, where he became involved in the party organization and became one of the leaders of underground activities. He was arrested before the war. The Ustaše authorities arrested him again on March 15, 1942, and after being held in Travnika and Sarajevo prisons, he was sent to Jasenovac. According to the documentation, he was “sentenced to a 2-year term in the camp on the proposal of the People’s Revolutionary Committee in Sarajevo; as a devoted communist, he worked on communist propaganda.” Even in prison, he attempted to organize the party organization and became one of its leaders. He was assigned to work in the power plant at the camp. He managed to restore a radio set that had been secretly brought into the camp. He was hanged in Jasenovac on September 21, 1944, after enduring horrific torture. He was brought to the gallows because his body was burned with a blowtorch during interrogations. After the war, a street in Zenica was named after him, as well as a radio amateur club.
*According to the source “Spomenica Mostara 1941-1945,” he was born in 1910.
Halilbegović, Nihad (2006): Bošnjaci u jasenovačkom logoru, Sarajevo; grupa autora (1986): Hercegovina u NOB 4. dio, Beograd . Zahvaljujemo kustosu muzeja Jasenovac na podacima; grupa autora: Spomenica Mostara 1941-1945; Čekić, Smail (1996): Genocid nad Bošnjacima u 2. svjetskom ratu, Sarajevo
Fotografija: https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3a5Zafyv8cY/Wu6-qpYwNHI/AAAAAAAAZ44/ySf6B8bqE8o2V95Tr6R0ASQ_F01u5AQyQCLcBGAs/s1600/x03.jpg 2018. ; S. Demirović
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