CRNA ĆUPRIJA – Žabalj

CRNA ĆUPRIJA – Žabalj

Crna Ćuprija is an area of 472 hectares, located 10 km from Žabalj toward the Tisa River, on the road from Novi Sad to Zrenjanin.

In January 1942, the fascist occupiers carried out a mass execution of patriots from the Žabalj municipality at this site. In this senseless campaign by the followers of Horthy, which was planned and organized across southeastern Bačka—including major towns such as Novi Sad, Čurug, and Bečej—several thousand innocent people lost their lives.

Crna Ćuprija once connected the two banks of the Jegrička River, but after the regulation of the Danube–Tisa–Danube Canal, it lost its original function. The site is marked by a monument. In memory of the struggle of the people of Šajkaška against fascist terror, a 9-meter-tall commemorative sculpture by Jovan Soldatović was also erected nearby.

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