MLADEN BALORDA also known as LOBRA, son of DU\u0160AN, born on January 13, 1921, in Mostar, a metal worker (locksmith) and a football player for FC Vele\u017e’s youth section. He became a member of the League of Communist Youth (SKOJ) in 1938 and joined the Communist Party of Yugoslavia (KPJ) in 1940. After the April War and the occupation of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in 1941, in the occupied Mostar, Mladen was tasked by the KPJ to collect weapons and other military supplies. In July 1941, he and his family were deported to Serbia by the Usta\u0161e, but Mladen returned to Mostar in September 1941 with a comrade. He traveled mostly on foot with communist comrades from Montenegro, passing through Sand\u017eak and Montenegro. He organized the youth at the Customs Office, formed strike groups, and together with them, raided military depots and took out weapons, ammunition, clothing, and food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Upon his return to Mostar, he worked in an underground group that collected weapons, medical supplies, and other necessities for partisan units. As an underground member, he and a group of partisans from the unit infiltrated an Italian camp in Mostar, seized large quantities of ammunition, and took them to Bora\u010dko Lake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When the wounded fighter Esad Feji\u0107<\/a> was captured, Balorda and Ahmet Pintul<\/a> presented themselves as Ustasha and “took over” Feji\u0107, issuing a “receipt” of the escort, after which they escaped (Esad was treated by doctors from Mostar in a hidden place). In the Battalion since October 1941, he served as the Deputy Commander of the Battalion. Due to his bravery, he often participated in special missions. In the battles with the Chetniks in June 1941, one group of fighters was captured and handed over to the Ustasha authorities in Konjic. However, a group of battalion fighters, including Mladen, entered Konjic, broke into the prison, and freed their captured comrades. During the capture of Jajce at the end of November 1942, Mladen Balorda was at the head of his squad and distinguished himself in capturing bunkers. During the Fourth enemy offensive, prior to the attack on Prozor, Mladen and two other comrades broke through enemy positions and set fire to a house in the town to confuse and demoralize the enemy. He also distinguished himself as the Deputy Commander of the Mostar Battalion in the Fifth enemy offensive. Thanks to his leadership, about 100 enemy soldiers were destroyed near Nik\u0161i\u0107. He came to Mostar several times during the war, and the last time he returned for recovery with 80 exhausted fighters after the Fifth offensive.<\/p>\n\n\n\nWhen the time came to leave Mostar, according to some sources, up to 80 young people volunteered to go with him, and the Mostar Youth Detachment was formed, with Mladen Balorda as its commander. The intention was to join the Tenth Herzegovina Assault Brigade on July 15, 1943, but they were attacked by 200 German soldiers in the village of Kamena near Blagaj, where they had spent the night in a forest. There were suspicions of betrayal, which were never proven. One part of inexperienced, newly recruited fighters was killed, while the other part, consisting of 18 fighters, including the severely wounded Mladen, was captured. He was taken to the hospital in Mostar. Plans were being made to rescue him, but his execution in the Mostar swamp preempted the operation. At the same time, the following individuals were also executed: \u0160A\u0106IR \u010cELEBI\u0106<\/a>, a worker from Mostar, MUZAFER DERONJA<\/a>, a worker from Mostar, ALIJA DRA\u010cE<\/a>, a worker from Mostar, MARTIN DRVLJANOV\u010cAN, a musician from Croatian Zagorje, IBRAHIM \u0110UKI\u0106<\/a>, a student from Mostar, OMER \u0110UKI\u0106<\/a>, a worker from Mostar, ABDUSELAM ELEZOVl\u0106<\/a>, a worker from Mostar, SMAJO IBRULJ<\/a>, a student from Mostar, NAFIK KAZAZI\u0106<\/a>, a student from Mostar, MIRKO KONJEVOD<\/a>, a worker from Mostar,<\/em> KRUNO MILI\u0106EVI\u0106<\/a>, a worker from Mostar, OSMAN NO\u017dI\u0106<\/a>, a worker from Mostar, and \u0160ERIF SELIMOVI\u0106, a student from Mostar.”<\/em> Two fighters from the Detachment, Drago Palavestra<\/a> and Alica Rizikalo<\/a>, were hanged in the main city square.\n\n\n\n Mladen was declared a national hero on July 5, 1951. According to the archives of Radmilo Braca Andri\u0107, Mladen’s remains were transferred and buried in the Partisan Memorial Cemetery in Mostar. After the war, Mladen was immortalized in the song “Mostarska mati” by Mostarske ki\u0161e (full text<\/a> in SBC). A bust of Mladen Balorda was erected next to Laca<\/a>‘s bust near Musala square in Mostar. A street in Mostar is named after him. Also, a city graffiti has Mladen’s depiction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mother Jovanka learned of Mladen’s death only when she returned to Mostar after the liberation. Mladen’s brother Vasilije<\/a> and father Du\u0161an were killed by the Germans in Kraljevo during a mass execution of citizens in October 1941 (according to some sources, Du\u0161an was killed a year later). <\/p>\n\n\n\n Mladen’s comrade, general Enver \u0106emalovi\u0107, spoke of him with admiration: “He was a thoughtful, cool-headed, and cunning fighter. As a commander in the Battalion, he always led his units and bomb squads. He radiated integrity, sincerity, humility, and camaraderie, and he was loved by all who knew him. As a soldier, his intelligence promised much, but his untimely death cut short his path in life.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n EXCERPTS FROM LITERATURE<\/p>\n\n\n\n Examples of actions in Mostar:<\/p>\n\n\n\n “The group consisted of: MLADEN BALORDA, the group leader, MUSTAFA \u0106EMALOVI\u0106 \u0106lMBA<\/a>, RIFAT FRENJO<\/a>, ALIJA MURATBEGOVI\u0106 \u0160lCE, \u017dIVKO PAPO HEN\u0106I, MARTIN RAGU\u017d, and HASAN ZAHIROVI\u0106 LACA<\/a>. The group’s accommodation in Mostar was taken care of by Hamid Vuk<\/a>, while Safet D\u017einovi\u0107 ensured cooperation with the local organization. Several night actions were carried out in a short period of time:<\/em><\/p>\n – The group took two bags of cotton, a can of petroleum jelly, a sterilizer, and some medical instruments from the People’s Health Center. They also took four bags of flour, a can of oil, and a crate of sugar. Safet D\u017einovi\u0107 took the food items for the nourishment of fighter’s families and underground fighters, while the medical supplies were sent to Dobr\u010d.<\/em><\/p>\n – The group entered the textile shop owned by Salih-aga Demirovi\u0107 in the city center, on Tepa, by climbing onto the roof. They dressed in new suits and filled bags with various clothing. They then poured gasoline in the clothing storage room in the basement and set it on fire. With their loot, the group left the shop and went to the Papo family’s house, where they observed the high flames engulfing the burning shop from the rooftop of the house.<\/em><\/p>\n – Around 150 tablecloths for bandages, some kitchen utensils, and alcoholic beverages for the hospital in Borci were collected from the “Lira” caf\u00e9 in Carina.<\/em><\/p>\n – Two bags of paper and various writing supplies for schools in the liberated territory were taken from Paher’s bookstore. The youth of the city carried out similar actions to supply our families and the Battalion with food and various necessities. During the stay of both groups, Trbonja’s and Balorda’s, most of them stayed in the Papo family’s house, where Hen\u0107ijeva’s mother, Tereza, took care of feeding the comrades, and her son, Isidor, maintained communication with the organization and group members hiding in Carina.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n “The group of fighters, led by Omer Maksumi\u0107, dismantled the railway tracks at a nearby curve, and Mladen Balorda suggested setting fire to the locomotive. Once the steam reached the maximum allowed pressure, Mladen set the locomotive in motion. As soon as the train picked up speed, Mladen jumped out. Arriving at the curve, the train plunged into the Bosna River bed. It happened at dawn. One composition, destined for Germany, was carrying tobacco, dried plums, and walnuts. Our fighters took as much as they could carry, and then all the wagons were set on fire, along with the buildings and warehouses at the Railway Station. Later, the Court and the County Administration buildings were also set ablaze.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Circumstances of Mladen’s capture at Kamena and his subsequent death several days later:<\/p>\n\n\n\n “The commander of the Gendarmerie Station in Blagaj, Sergeant Mujo \u0110onko, reports to the Command of the 6th Gendarmerie Regiment in Mostar: ‘On July 4, 1943, around 2 o’clock after midnight, about 200 German soldiers from the SS group arrived in Blagaj from Mostar, accompanied by 3 officers. They requested gendarmes from this station to show them the way, or rather, to accompany them as guides from the location of Kalu\u0111er Bunar towards Stjepankrsta… This report testifies to betrayal because the Detachment spent the night at the mentioned location after wandering for two to three hours. It was not known who informed the Germans. Most likely, the German station in Bi\u0161ina was informed, and they reported to their command in Mostar through their radio station. The Chief of the \u017dupa Police District in Mostar, Mato Roko, in his report to the Main Directorate for Public Order and Security in Zagreb and the Great County of ‘Hum’ in Mostar, among other things, reports on July 20, 1943: ‘On July 8, 1943, it was reported to the gendarmerie station in Blagaj, Mostar District, that there are dead partisans in the forest known as Kalu\u0111er Bunar. Immediately, the patrol from the station went to the scene with the reported villagers and found 10 corpses, one of which was a woman, and they also found one wounded partisan named Huso Masli\u0107<\/a>…'”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Regarding Mladen’s capture:<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Nineteen comrades were captured and taken to Mostar through Stolac. After breaking out of the encirclement, a group of 11 comrades was formed, including Mladen Balorda, the Detachment commander, who was seriously wounded in the shoulder and right leg, Mijo Mrkovi\u0107, wounded in both arms, Milivoje Bilanovi\u0107, Miro Boras, Omer \u0106i\u0161i\u0107, Remzija Duranovi\u0107, Mugdim Had\u017eovi\u0107, Muhamed Kreso, Jaroslav Novak, Ahmet Pintul<\/a>, and Avdo Zvoni\u0107. Mladen Balorda, severely wounded and carried more by two comrades than he could move himself, insisted on being left behind. In the end, he ordered the group ‘under the leadership of Miro Boras to go with the wounded Mijo Mrkovi\u0107 to Dobr\u010d,’ while Remzija Duranovi\u0107 and Ahmet Pintul<\/a> stayed with him. Ahmet and Remzija helped Mladen move, and when they were far away from Kalu\u0111er Bunar, they agreed that Ahmet and Remzija would go to a village in Podvele\u017eje to fetch a horse, while Mladen, well disguised, hid in the forest. When the two of them returned for Mladen, he was no longer at the agreed location. It was never known how Mladen fell into captivity, but it is known that the Germans searched the surroundings with trained dogs. Three days after the tragedy at Kalu\u0111er Bunar, the Germans reunited Mladen with the other captured comrades in Mostar. Immediately upon Mladen’s arrival in the room, an SS officer entered and asked, ‘Who is a fighter from the early days?’ Mladen responded, ‘Me!’ When asked by the officer, ‘Since when?’ Mladen answered, ‘Since the day the call was made to the patriots of Yugoslavia to fight against the occupiers and fascism.’ Shortly after that conversation, Mladen was separated and bound in a separate room.”<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" MLADEN BALORDA also known as LOBRA, son of DU\u0160AN, born on January 13, 1921, in Mostar, a metal worker (locksmith) and a football player for FC Vele\u017e’s youth section. He became a member of the League of Communist Youth (SKOJ) in 1938 and joined the Communist Party of Yugoslavia (KPJ) in 1940. After the April […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":9900,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[314,315,316,306,353],"tags":[260,352,483,354,317,291,330],"prezime":[343],"class_list":["post-11833","partizan","type-partizan","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-18-25-g-en","category-poginuli-1943-en","category-poginuli-u-bih-en","category-velez-en","category-narodni-heroji-en","tag-balorda","tag-balorda-en","tag-borci-streljani-na-ovojcima","tag-opjevani-u-mostarskoj-mati-en","tag-bataljon-en","tag-foto","tag-foto-en","prezime-b-en","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"ptb_metabox":{"ptb_partizan_izvori":" \u0106emalovi\u0107, Enver (1986): Mostarski bataljon<\/a>, Mostar; grupa autora (1961): Hercegovina u NOB 1. dio<\/a>, Beograd, Vojno delo; grupa autora (1986): Hercegovina u NOB\u00a0 2. dio<\/a>, Beograd; \u0433\u0440\u0443\u043f\u0430 \u0430\u0443\u0442\u043e\u0440\u0430 (1986): \u0425\u0435\u0440\u0446\u0435\u0433\u043e\u0432\u0438\u043d\u0430 \u0443 \u041d\u041e\u0411<\/a>, \u0411\u0435\u043e\u0433\u0440\u0430\u0434;\u00a0 \u00a0Deseta Hercegova\u010dka brigada<\/a> (spisak boraca); Mladen Balorda - Narodni Heroj Iz Mostara ( Bosna I Hercegovina ) (yu-nostalgija.com)<\/a>; Vikipedija<\/a> ; Seferovi\u0107, Mensur (1970): Pred o\u010dima grada<\/a>, \"Informativni centar\";\u00a0Narodni heroji Jugoslavije A-M, Institut za savremenu istoriju, Partizanska knjiga, Ljubljana, Narodna knjiga, Beograd, Pobjeda, Titograd, 1982.<\/a> , spomenicinob.info;\u00a0<\/a>Ibrulj, Sa\u0161a (2022): Vele\u017e, pri\u010da o 100 godina mostarskih ro\u0111enih , Dobra knjiga, Sarajevo<\/p>\r\n Photo of the memorial plaque: <\/em>S. 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Seventy-seven of them perished in the war, and among them, eight of nine football players - national heroes.","parent":0,"count":67,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":353,"name":"National Heroes","slug":"narodni-heroji-en","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":353,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":13,"filter":"raw"}],"post_tag":[{"term_id":260,"name":"Balorda","slug":"balorda","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":260,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"Porodicu Balorda \u010dinili su otac Du\u0161an, \u017eeljezni\u010dki ma\u0161inovo\u0111a, majka Jovanka (Joka) i \u010detvero djece: Mladen, Vasilije, Milojka i Vera. Na samom po\u010detku rata su se kao Srbi na\u0161li ugro\u017eeni, tim vi\u0161e \u0161to su Mladen i Vasilije bili \u010dlanovi partije i skojevci. Iz jednog izvora saznajemo:\r\n\r\n\u201eKada je partijska organizacija organizovala spa\u0161avanje Srba, me\u0111u njima i komunista, Du\u0161an i njegovi sinovi, Mladen i Vasilije, dobili su njema\u010dke propusnice za Srbiju, a Jovanka je sa k\u0107erkom Milojkom, u\u010denicom gimnazije, ostala u Mostaru. Uskoro su, me\u0111utim, objavljeni proglasi da se (po abecedi) Srbi moraju seliti, a po\u0161to je njima prezime po\u010dinjalo slovom \u201eB\u201c, Jovanka i Milojka su prvim transportom prognane u logor Caprag kod Siska. No nekako su uspjele da se izvuku iz tog logora i prebace u Srbiju, gdje su prona\u0161le Du\u0161ana, Mladena i Vasilija, i k\u0107erku Veru, koja je slu\u010dajno prije okupacije oti\u0161la rodbini u Beograd. U toku rata su se Jovanka (Joka) i Du\u0161an Balorda preselili iz Beograda u Kraljevo, gdje su Jovanka i k\u0107er radile po ku\u0107ama, a Du\u0161an i Vasilije na fizi\u010dkim poslovima. Milojka se kasnije zaposlila u kraljeva\u010dkoj fabrici vagona (...)\u201c Uskoro \u0107e Vasilije poginuti kao njema\u010dki talac u Kraljevu, kao i otac mu Du\u0161an. Mladen se bio vratio u Mostar, potom stupio u Konji\u010dki odred i Mostarski bataljon. Streljan je na Ovojcima kod Mostara 1943. Odlikovan je ordenom narodnog heroja.\r\n\r\nIzvori i literatura:\r\nFotografije: Konjhod\u017ei\u0107, Mahmud (1981): \u201cMostarke\u201d: fragmenti o revolucionarnoj djelatnosti i patriotskoj opredjeljenosti \u017eena Mostara, o njihovoj borbi za slobodu i socijalizam, Op\u0161tinski odbor SUBNOR-a Mostar; list \u201ePravda\u201c od 15.9.1937","parent":0,"count":3,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":352,"name":"Balorda","slug":"balorda-en","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":352,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":2,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":483,"name":"Borci streljani na Ovojcima","slug":"borci-streljani-na-ovojcima","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":483,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":22,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":354,"name":"Fallen fighters featured in the song \"Mostarska Mati.\"","slug":"opjevani-u-mostarskoj-mati-en","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":354,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"Two national heroes and two heroines of the anti-fascist struggle from Mostar are celebrated in the well-known song \"Mostarska Mati\" by Mostarske Ki\u0161e. The song is dedicated to Adila Feji\u0107, a mother who lost five children in the National Liberation War (NOB). You can view the lyrics and video of the song here<\/a> (Bosnian only).","parent":0,"count":4,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":317,"name":"Fallen fighters of the Mostar Battalion.","slug":"bataljon-en","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":317,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"[gallery link=\"file\" size=\"medium\" ids=\"7114,7116,7122\"]\r\n\r\nMostar Battalion was formed as the \"Konji\u010dki\" in September 1941. Until the formation of the 13th Herzegovina Brigade in May 1944, 827 fighters passed through the Battalion, and 445 of them perished, including 211 from Mostar. Of the 86 women, 43 were killed. Mostar residents also fought in many other units of the NOVJ (People's Liberation Army of Yugoslavia) and among the ranks of the activists of the National Liberation War in Mostar and other cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina... According to the records of the organization SUBNOR Mostar, every third citizen was an activist of the National Liberation War, 670 fighters were killed, 1517 were victims of fascist terror, and 206 were civilian war victims. D\u017eemil \u0160arac, article \"Sa Mostarcima\" (\"With the People from Mostar\"), Hercegovina No. 9, p. 221.\r\n\r\n\"And we were all young. Those of us who were 17, 18 years old, some seemed old even though they were not older than 25. The ones over 30 were rare. There were girls and boys with different characteristics and temperaments, robust and calm, talkative and silent, recklessly brave and rational, ordinary and above-average, semi-literate and university-educated, workers and highly skilled craftsmen, high school students and university students, skilled singers and those who couldn't carry a tune, jokers and serious-minded individuals. From all our nations and religions: Muslims, Croats, Serbs, Jews, Orthodox Christians, Catholics, Muslims, Jews, atheists, and semi-atheists. Some were from straight from Mostar and others from the surrounding locations, from Konjic and outside Konjic.\" (Hercegovina Magazine No. 7, p. 238)\r\n\r\nGroups of new fighters arrived from Mostar every 10-15 days, and the Unit quickly grew into a solid military force. The guides for the groups from Mostar were Mehmed Arap, Vasa Maslo, Serif Buri\u0107, Husa Orman, Vojo Ivani\u0161evi\u0107, and Pero Krajina, who were among the bravest and most resourceful fighters. The groups regularly brought not only weapons but also medical supplies, sugar for the hospital, writing materials, large quantities of paper, books taken from the National Library (which formed the library at Borci), and other supplies for the needs of the Unit. 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