SALKO BIJAVICA, son of HAMID, born on February 10, 1919, in Mostar, a tailor, member of the League of Communist Youth (SKOJ) since 1941. Joined the People’s Liberation War and the Partisan Detachments in early 1942, in the Mostar (Konjic) battalion, as a fighter. Survived the Battle of Sutjeska and, along with around 80 other fighters, returned to Mostar in July 1943 for recovery. Later joined the Ramski Detachment and the 17th Krajina Brigade, and became the deputy commander of the Prozor Command Post. Towards the end of 1944, he was severely wounded in an unfortunate accident and died in early 1945* in Prozor.
*According to the information in the book “Spomenica Mostara 1941-1945,” Salko Bijavica was killed in 1945.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
SALKO BIJAVICA, son of HAMID, born on February 10, 1919, in Mostar, a tailor, member of the League of Communist Youth (SKOJ) since 1941. Joined the People’s Liberation War and the Partisan Detachments in early 1942, in the Mostar (Konjic) battalion, as a fighter. Survived the Battle of Sutjeska and, along with around 80 other […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":9313,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[314,331,316],"tags":[317],"prezime":[343],"class_list":["post-11885","partizan","type-partizan","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-18-25-g-en","category-poginuli-1942-en","category-poginuli-u-bih-en","tag-bataljon-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; Konjhod\u017ei\u0107, Mahmud (1981): \u201cMostarke\u201d<\/a>: fragmenti o revolucionarnoj djelatnosti i patriotskoj opredjeljenosti \u017eena Mostara, o njihovoj borbi za slobodu i socijalizam, Op\u0161tinski odbor SUBNOR-a Mostar; D\u017eemil \u0160arac, \u010dlanak \u201eSa Mostarcima\u201c, Hercegovina br 9, str 221; grupa autora: Spomenica Mostara 1941-1945<\/p>\r\n Photo of the memorial plaque:<\/em> S. Demirovi\u0107<\/p>","ptb_partizan_datum_rodzenja":"(1919. Mostar \u2013 1942. Prozor)","ptb_partizan_godina":"23","ptb_partizan_galerija_1":{"url":[""],"link":[""],"title":[""],"description":[""]},"ptb_partizan_poruka_":"Do you have more information about this fighter? Share<\/a> your stories and photographs. Let's keep the memory alive!","ptb_partizan_prepravke":"prepravljen natpis: Salko H. BIJAVICA (1919. Mostar \u2013 1945. 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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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