The 83rd anniversary of the Igman March was commemorated. In 1942, the First Proletarian Brigade crossed over Igman to the liberated Foca. At that time, temperatures on Igman dropped to as low as minus 40 degrees, and yesterday, descendants of partisans, representatives of anti-fascist associations, as well as history enthusiasts, gathered to pay tribute to the fighters who did not survive the march.
The Igman March is a military operation from the Second World War, when the fighters of the First Proletarian Brigade from the siege of strong German forces in Romania started to break through to Sarajevo. Their plan was to reach the then liberated Foca. The breakthrough began on January 25th. In two days they came to Sarajevo field. The most difficult part was the beginning of the ascent to Igman.
The crossing over Igman was carried out at night between January 27th and 28th, in deep snow and extreme cold. That march became legendary for the 40 severely frostbitten fighters who were transferred to Foca for treatment, where they endured the superhuman pain of amputating frozen body parts without anesthesia.
Photo: Socijalisticka radnicka partija
