Memorial Cemetery of the Victims of Homeland War in Vukovar

Memorial Cemetery of the Victims of Homeland War in Vukovar (Croatian: Memorijalno groblje žrtava iz Domovinskog rata u Vukovaru) is the largest mass grave in Croatia and in Europe after the Second World War, located on the eastern approach to Vukovar.

[1][2] By the conclusion of the Government of the Republic of Croatia in April 1998, the Operational Headquarters for exhumations, identifications and burials of victims from the mass grave at the New Cemetery in Vukovar was established; parallel to the process of exhumation and identification of the victims, the arrangement of the Cemetery of Croatian Veterans from the Homeland War - today's Memorial Cemetery for the Victims of the Homeland War in Vukovar - began.

A monument by Đurđa Ostoja was erected in the central part of the cemetery on August 5, 2000 .

The monument is made of patinated bronze, it is four meters high, and in the middle is an "air" cross and an Eternal Flame.

Two crosses were also set up at the cemetery, one for the youngest victim of the Croatian War of Independence, Ivan Kljajić, who was only six months old, and for the oldest victim of the Homeland War, a woman who was 104 years old.

Coat of arms of Vukovar
Coat of arms of Vukovar