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BO\u017dIDAR BO\u017dO SKO\u010cAJI\u0106, son of MAKSIM, born on December 25, 1921* in Nevesinje. Completed primary school in Mostar. A member of the League of Communist Youth (SKOJ) since 1941, joined the Battalion in November 1941, a fighter. During the Chetnik coup, he was sent back from Crno Polje due to exhaustion, captured by the NDH (Independent State of Croatia) armed forces in Ruji\u0161te near Mostar on June 17, 1942, handed over to the Italians, and taken to the Mamula camp. After Italy’s capitulation, he was released. Arrested by the Germans as a hostage for a cut off telephone line in Mostar, and hanged in retribution on November 19, 1943, along with Bo\u017eo Sko\u010daji\u0107<\/a>, Darinka Bitanga<\/a>, Ekrem \u0106uri\u0107<\/a>, and Toma Kljuji\u0107. A monument was erected near the Health Center, along with a memorial plaque at the location where they were hanged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The police chief of the Ustasha, Mato Roko, wrote a report on November 26, 1943, about that event:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“On November 16, 1943, in the morning, an unknown perpetrator cut the telegraph cables of the German armed forces on Dr. Star\u010devi\u0107a Street, specifically at the railway crossing (at that time, the railway passed through the city center in front of the Gymnasium, editor’s note).” The investigation into this matter was carried out by the German military authorities. Since this act was obviously an act of sabotage committed by communist individuals, the General Command of the Fifth Mountain Corps in Mostar made the decision to publicly hang five individuals, one of whom was someone close among the partisans. Based on this decision, the following individuals from Mostar were hanged this morning on Usta\u0161ka Street, in front of the building of the District Office: Bo\u017eo Sko\u010daji\u0107, of Orthodox faith, Ekrem \u0106uri\u0107, of Islamic faith, Mujo Babi\u0107, of Islamic faith, Darinka Bitanga, of Catholic faith, and Tomo Kljuji\u0107, of Orthodox faith, originally from Metkovi\u0107.” (M. Konjhod\u017ei\u0107, Mostar Women, p. 251)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BO\u017dIDAR BO\u017dO SKO\u010cAJI\u0106, son of MAKSIM, born on December 25, 1921* in Nevesinje. Completed primary school in Mostar. A member of the League of Communist Youth (SKOJ) since 1941, joined the Battalion in November 1941, a fighter. During the Chetnik coup, he was sent back from Crno Polje due to exhaustion, captured by the NDH […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":33187,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[314,315,316,325],"tags":[317,362,330,396],"prezime":[439],"class_list":["post-13289","partizan","type-partizan","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-18-25-g-en","category-poginuli-1943-en","category-poginuli-u-bih-en","category-ubijeni-u-mostaru-en","tag-bataljon-en","tag-objeseni-taoci-1943-en","tag-foto-en","tag-logor-mamula-en","prezime-s-en","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"ptb_metabox":{"ptb_partizan_izvori":"

https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo\/?fbid=2849660011986226<\/a> ; https:\/\/znaci.org\/fotografija.php?br=15211<\/a>;\u00a0 https:\/\/poskok.info\/mostarke-u-doba-okupacije-sloboda-nije-stigla-iz-bajke\/<\/a>; \u0106emalovi\u0107, Enver (1986): Mostarski bataljon<\/a>, Mostar; grupa autora (1961): Hercegovina u NOB 1. dio<\/a>, Beograd, Vojno delo; grupa autora: Spomenica Mostara 1941-1945<\/p>\r\n

Photo of the memorial plaque: <\/em>S. Demirovi\u0107, https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo\/?fbid=2849660011986226<\/a> ; https:\/\/znaci.org\/fotografija.php?br=15211<\/a> ; https:\/\/www<\/strong>.haber.ba\/vijesti\/bih\/828920-obiljezena-77-godisnjica-ubistava-mostarskih-antifasista<\/a><\/p>","ptb_partizan_datum_rodzenja":"(1922. Nevesinje \u2013 1943. 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