The memorial cemetery for patriots executed in occupied Belgrade from 1941 to 1944 was constructed in 1959 within the Novo Groblje (New Cemetery) in Belgrade as a joint work of architects Bogdan Bogdanović and Svetislav Ličina. This paper comprehensively examines the history of the initiative behind, design, and construction of this complex, furthermore analyzing its artistic, spatial and symbolic formula. The symbolic spectrum of meanings in the abstract composition is enriched by the inclusion of spolia as artifacts, which enrich the emotional component of the memoriality of the space. The replica of the 'city in miniature', through the central mound as an allegory of Avala, the 'hilly' structure of the terrain, and the stylized ramparts and city gates, signifies the right of the victims to appreciate and be appreciated as the image of their city even after death. Although the complex's original appearance was significantly altered at the beginning of this century (by re-appropriating half of the area for the purposes of expanding the Alley of Distinguished Citizens), its key elements are still present, and the means by which this necropolis clearly stood out from the practice of memorial art of the time - an aspect that led both authors along further, distinct and mutually independent routes of creative development - are clearly evident.
Mare Janakova Grujić (Wed,) studied this question.