Bratislava: Commemoration of the anniversary of the plight of civilians and soldiers in the Veľký Meder concentration camp

27. Oct 2022.
The anniversary of the plight of civilians and soldiers in the Veľký Meder concentration camp was marked on 26 and 27 October by laying wreaths on the Serbian military cemetery in Veľký Meder and the military cemetery Petržalka-Kopčany in the Slovak Republic.

Members of the Delegation of the Republic of Serbia, led by State Secretary at the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Affairs Zoran Antić, included the temporary Chargé d'Affaires of the Embassy of Serbia in Slovakia Marija Barlović, First Secretary of the Embassy Nenad Adžemović, President of the Municipality of Kovačica Jaroslav Hrubik, representatives of the Minister of Defence and the Serbian Armed Forces, cadets of the Military Academy and students of the Belgrade University of Criminal Investigation and Police Studies, as well as representatives of the associations for fostering the tradition of Serbia’s liberation wars.

State Secretary Antić gave letters of appreciation to our Slovakian friends for their efforts in preserving the memory of Serbs who had perished there, and in improving the cooperation between the two countries.

The Veľký Meder (Nagymegyer) concentration camp is notable for the number of Serbs who perished there. A cemetery lies there today, where almost 6,000 Serbian soldiers are buried. There were 21,000 prisoners in this concentration camp. It was the first concentration camp to be created during World War One, in August 2014, and it ceased to exist in October 2018.