Slobodište

Slobodište (Serbian: Слободиште), also known as Mount Bagdala near Kruševac,[1] is the place where the shootings of nearly 1,650 people, mainly Partisans, Chetniks, and Roma occurred during the German occupation of Serbia.

[citation needed] During the occupation, Bulgarian soldiers carried out executions repeatedly in Kruševac, along with armed Arnauts in German uniforms and members of the Dimitrije Ljotić's Serbian Volunteer Corps.

The executions were carried out in the following order: "Slobodište" Memorial Complex was built in the vicinity of the shootings, and was named like that because in one of the mounds were found the remains of soldiers of Rasina partisan detachment, who were called "bringers of freedom" of the city of Kruševac ("Slobodište" is a name derived from the Serbian word for "freedom").

Architect Bogdan Bogdanović realized the monument at the suggestion of Dobrica Ćosić, soldier of the Rasina partisan detachment.

[3] Today, "Slobodište" is a historical complex which is a place widely visited by citizens of Kruševac, as well as foreign tourists.