A short drive from Zrenjanin, down a country road, and on top of a small hill sits a large bronze sculptural memorial. The monument's smooth top surface and rough bottom surface meet to point east and upwards. Its plowshare-inspired shape fits its farmland surroundings and occupations of the areas previous inhabitants.
This memorial to the Uprising in Vojvodina commemorates the Partisan rebels' resistance to Axis occupation, which began after Yugoslavia was invaded in April 1941. Throughout the occupation, until 1944, ethnic local Serbs and Jews suffered atrocities, including executions, at the hands of the Germans and their Axis allies. This continued until the Soviet Red Army expelled the German forces from this part of former Yugoslavia.
Like many memorials in this region of Serbia, this spomenik isn't in great condition. Thieves have stolen the presumably bronze plaque, vandals have scratched and graffitied all sides of the sculpture, and the only sign of regular visits comes from car tracks leading to neighboring properties.
