brochure “Partizanski spomenik u Mostaru” (1980)
book “Spomenica Mostara 1941-1945.”
another document or proof of the memorial stone (e.g., a photograph).
Salko S. MILAVIĆ
SALIH SALKO MILAVIĆ, son of SMAIL, born on March 27, 1920, in Mostar. Photographer. Member of SKOJ since 1941. In the Battalion since the beginning of 1942. During the Chetnik coup, he was sent back to Mostar from Crno Polje in June 1942 due to exhaustion. Captured in Bijelo Polje near Mostar in June 1942, interned in the Mamula camp, transferred to the Visco di Udine camp in Italy, and released after Italy’s surrender. He moved to Slovenia, where he joined the Slovenian partisans in the “Ljubo Šercer” brigade. A fighter, he died among the Slovenian partisans in autumn 1943*.
According to Mensur Seferović, the famous photograph of the slain “Salko Šestić, the youth leader of the city, in the morgue of the Mostar Hospital, was taken by Salko Milavić, a member of SKOJ’s Local Committee, as assigned. However, this turned out to be inaccurate as Milavić was interned in a camp at the time of Šestić’s death. The picture was actually taken by his brother, Car Milavić, who was also a photographer, along with Rifat Pavlović.
* According to the source “Spomenica Mostara 1941-1945,” Salko died in July 1944 near Ožljak in Slovenia.
Ćemalović, Enver (1986): Mostarski bataljon, Mostar; Seferović, Mensur (1958): “Bataljon u okupiranom gradu”, Sarajevo; grupa autora: Spomenica Mostara 1941-1945. Fotografija: 364649.jpg (550×342) (blogger.ba) ; 364649 – Partizansko spomen-groblje – Help to preserve (blogger.ba) ; Iz albuma 1998-2008. – Partizansko spomen-groblje – Help to preserve (blogger.ba)
Photo of the memorial plaque: S. Demirović. Photo of the fighter: from the book “Partizanski spomenik u Mostaru”, as recognized by family member.
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