Jajinci Memorial Park, Memorial complex in Voždovac, Serbia.
Jajinci Memorial Park is a memorial complex in Voždovac built on the grounds of a former military shooting range. The site includes multiple monuments and preserved pathways that mark significant locations within the grounds.
The site was a pre-war military shooting range of the Belgrade garrison before German forces turned it into an execution ground in July 1941. Executions continued until late 1943, when the Germans began exhuming and burning the bodies as part of Sonderkommando 1005. The last victims, 55 Jews and 35 Roma, were shot on 4 April 1944 after the pyres were extinguished.
The entrance features a 1951 monument that marks the beginning of a place meant for remembrance and reflection. Today it serves as a space where visitors can honor the memory of people from different backgrounds who were killed here.
The park is accessible and features clearly marked pathways that guide visitors through different sections. You can explore at your own pace, spending as much time as needed at each area of the grounds.
The 1988 monument by sculptor Vojin Stojić stands on the spot of the largest mass grave, where more than 7,000 bodies were found, mostly Jews without bullet wounds, killed in gas vans in spring 1942. A white dove tops the monument. A memorial Orthodox church under construction at the edge of the site incorporates Jewish symbolism into its design.
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