Remzija S. ĆIŠIĆ 

REMZIJA ĆIŠIĆ, son of SALIH, born on May 15, 1925, in Mostar, former student of the Craft School in Mostar, carpenter, the League of Communist Youth (SKOJ) member since 1941, in the Battalion since May 1942. One of the members of the SKOJ committee. Fighter, killed in the night of June 14-15 1942 in Bijela near Konjic.

An initiative of the youth regarding the festive celebration of May 1, 1942, was recorded: “On the eve of May 1, among other things, the youth made a huge slogan ‘Long Live May 1’ on the Pokline hill using a large amount of wood, which they set on fire so that it appeared as if the hill was burning. The slogan was visible in Konjic, which is 2.5 km away in a straight line.”

Younger brother of the fallen fighter Ibrahim Ćišić. A street in Mostar bears the name of the Ćišić brothers.

EXCERPTS FROM LITERATURE:

From Childhood: “The courtyard of the neighborhood mosque overgrown with weeds, where the last tombstone had nestled who knows when, with fallen apricot trees and crumbling walls, provided us with an invincible shelter for the loot brought from our raids in the orchards, gardens, and courtyards of Brankovac and Mazoljice neighborhoods. There we hid the stolen iron bars, the defense of the garden of Mostar’s Paher bookstore; apricots and pears from the orchard of Age Ćišić, whose son Remzija, our friend, stood guard to warn us if his father approached in bad weather; grapes from the courtyard slope of the merchant Alikalfić, while his son Suljo would hide his mother – their father had sent her a message through an unknown passerby to come quickly – better to the shop in Carina.”

Life in the unit: “They loved actions, and the hardest thing for them was the constant immobility in positions, especially during winter and spring days when the frost was biting or the rain penetrated through their bones. In those situations, famous Mostar jokes came to the forefront, creating a cheerful atmosphere in the company. During those spring days, the first cherries had ripened in gardens near Konjic. Mostar fighters would descend into the gardens at night to pick them. When Commander Rade Španac found out about it, he prohibited them from doing so, as someone could get in trouble. However, since discipline was not their virtue, Enes Orman, Hivza Brkić, Meho Taso, and Remze Ćišić continued their actions. As they went individually, unaware of each other, comical situations occurred. It happened that one of them was already up in the tree, sitting among the branches and picking cherries. Later, another one arrived under the same cherry tree and suddenly shouted through the darkness, ‘Who’s up there?’ and the one above replied, ‘Who’s down there?’ As these incidents happened right near Italian positions, such surprises were a big deal for them.”

“On the night of June 14/15 1942 (…) the following fighters were killed in the positions: HIVZIJA BRKIĆ BAUK, a student from Mostar, SULJO CILIĆ, a student from the village of Djevor near Jablanica, the first secretary of the party cell during the formation of the company in Bijela, REMZIJA ĆIŠIĆ, a worker from Mostar, IBRO DIZDAREVIĆ, a worker from Mostar, AHMET GRCIĆ, a student from Konjic, MEHO HINDIĆ, a peasant from Jablanica, MUJO HUBANA, a peasant from Humilišani near Mostar. MEHMED ŠAPUH, a worker from Mostar, and MUHAMED TASLAMAN BEG, a worker from Mostar. About ten comrades managed to evade capture thanks to their scattered locations in the woods.”