''Stone Flower'' (; ) is a

monument A monument is a type of structure that was explicitly created to commemorate a person or event, or which has become relevant to a social group as a part of their remembrance of historic times or cultural heritage, due to its artistic, historical ...

to the victims of the Ustasha genocide of the Serbs during the

World War II in Yugoslavia World War II in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia began on 6 April 1941, when the country was Invasion of Yugoslavia, invaded and swiftly conquered by Axis powers, Axis forces and partitioned among Nazi Germany, Germany, Fascist Italy (1922–1943), It ...

, located in Jasenovac,

Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...

. Designed by Bogdan Bogdanović and unveiled in 1966, it serves as a reminder of the atrocities perpetrated in the

Jasenovac concentration camp Jasenovac () was a concentration camp, concentration and extermination camp established in the Jasenovac, Sisak-Moslavina County, village of the same name by the authorities of the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) in occupied Yugoslavia durin ...

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Official Site of the Jasenovac Memorial – includes history and profile of architectOfficial Site of the Jasenovac Memorial – GallerySpomenik Database - Jasenovac
Buildings and structures completed in 1966 World War II memorials in Croatia Buildings and structures in Sisak-Moslavina County Yugoslav World War II monuments and memorials Tourist attractions in Sisak-Moslavina County Concrete sculptures Flowers in culture Yugoslav Croatian architecture Works about genocide {{Croatia-struct-stub