brochure “Partizanski spomenik u Mostaru” (1980)
book “Spomenica Mostara 1941-1945.”
another document or proof of the memorial stone (e.g., a photograph).
Vera M. POPOVIĆ
VERA POPOVIĆ, daughter of MANOJLO, born on March 4, 1903,* in Županjac*. Housewife, lived with her family in Mostar. A member of the National Liberation War (NOP), sympathizer of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia (KPJ). A tenant at Zlatka Vuković’s place. Arrested on the day of Zlatka’s clash with the Ustasha on July 31, 1941, and executed together with Zlatka, Ahmet Sefić, and her brother Dejan. A proclamation was issued after their execution.
The place of their death varies in sources: according to some, they were shot two hours after their arrest in the courtyard of the Mostar Gymnasium, while others state it happened in the village of Ovojci. A monument has been erected in Ovojci, engraved with their names.
*According to the information in the book “Spomenica Mostara 1941-1945.”
Ćemalović, Enver (1986): Mostarski bataljon, https://yu-nostalgija.com/prva-partizanska-eksplozija-u-okupiranom-gradu/; Konjhodžić, Mahmud (1981): “Mostarke”: fragmenti o revolucionarnoj djelatnosti i patriotskoj opredjeljenosti žena Mostara, o njihovoj borbi za slobodu i socijalizam, Opštinski odbor SUBNOR-a Mostar; Seferović, Mensur (1957): „Tajna partijske ćelije“, Sarajevo; grupa autora: Spomenica Mostara 1941-1945.
Photo of the memorial plaque: S. Demirović, spomenicinob.info
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