Along with the anthem of Montenegro, but also with the anthem of the former Yugoslavia "Hey Slavs", as well as from the International, partisan songs, flags and appropriate speeches, the communists of Nikšić and Montenegro laid flowers in front of the monument of the national hero Čedomir Ljub Čupić in Nikšić and marked the 13 July, National Day, but also 80 years since the first popular uprising in enslaved Europe.
"It has been 80 years since the first insurgent rifles were fired and the first free territory in Europe was created, which was then groaning under the fascist and Nazi boots," said Radislav Stanišić, president of the Central Committee of the Yugoslav Communist Party of Montenegro (JKPCG) and added that the communists of Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Macedonia, the Socialist Workers' Party of Croatia and the socialists of Slovenia congratulated them on their holiday.
"Today we are here, in front of an anti-fascist icon whose defiant smile during the pronouncement of the death sentence amazed humanity and instilled hope in the members of the resistance movement throughout Europe that the days of freedom must come. Due to the increasingly open attacks and denial of the role of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia and the partisans who won freedom, we submit a report to another Ljuba. Comrade Ljuba, everything that you and your comrades fought and laid down your lives for no longer exists. The tycoon-political elite for more than 30 years lived off the ruins and destruction of the achievements of the socialist revolution. Some will say that it is little we communists. There were few of us in 1941, when with Tito at the head, without fear or retreat, they led the people into a liberation struggle against a much stronger enemy and proved that there are no invincibles," said Stanišić and said that he would not allow them to be buried on the graves of the fighters for freedom and brotherhood and unity divided by nationality and religion.
Mirko Đurđevac said that July 13 goes beyond local boundaries, because on that day in 1941, in the heart of enslaved Europe, at a time when fascism and Nazism were at the peak of their power, the people of Montenegro rose up in an uprising.
"The historical event was a phenomenon in many ways, but to those who know the history and freedom tradition of Montenegro, something completely understandable and natural. In support of the claim that the mentioned event is a phenomenon of its own, the fact that Montenegro received the mildest occupation, if for any occupation can be used by that term, that the Italians tried to leave a good impression of someone who is friendly towards Montenegro, but in the minds of the people and later of the insurgents, one fact remained unchangeable - that Montenegro was enslaved or occupied and that the enemy, no matter how he presented himself , still remains an enemy by the very act of forcibly entering the country with weapons and stealing the most valuable thing, he stole freedom," said Đurđevac.
According to his words, the XNUMXth of July Uprising is a signpost on which way we should go, because only that which is human, that harbors the spirit of freedom and the spirit of human dignity, is worth living for and worth fighting for.
"On July 13, 1941, our ancestors reminded themselves of their rights to human dignity and freedom, and in the name of that, they stood up against the greatest evil that humanity has ever seen, they stood up against fascism and Nazism, which threatened to destroy all the achievements of human civilization and turn the world into one big concentration camp and hell," said Đurđevac.
As he pointed out, on July 13, 1941, our ancestors showed Europe and the whole world how to fight and die for freedom, justice and the common good.
"Today, our task is easier and ours is to show how to work and live for the same freedom and justice and the general collective good. May this 13th of July be a sign of the valid coexistence of all peoples in Montenegro, regardless of national, social , political and everyone else. Let this date remind us that only through unity, agreement and mutual consensus, we can rapidly move forward in every respect, not to the detriment of our ideals, but that in individual efforts the collective good can be achieved. Let no quarrels, quarrels and let intolerance be our fateful past, let's reject egoistic motives and at least for the smallest part of the circle, let's turn the wheel of democracy, on the way to maturity, on the way to the general social good. the entire democratic world listened carefully to those ideas and will listen to them in the future," said Đurđevac and added that we should be faithful to our ancestors, our great heritage and the great date that was and remains our guide, our warning and our sacred place.
Radislav Stanišić and Dragoje Strunjaš, president of the Nikšić communists, laid flowers on the Ljubo Čupić monument, while Jovan Vujović, accompanied by his friends, sang a song dedicated to July 13.
Gaga does not forget the hero of her youth
After "watering" her brother's and Ljub's grave with tears, XNUMX-year-old Dragica Gaga Abramović came to the city square to decorate the monument to her childhood hero with a rose.
Gaga, who proudly points out that she is from Old Nikšić, lives in Podgorica and it has become her unwritten obligation to visit and maintain Ljub's grave, which was erected by the city of Nikšić in 1967 as a sign of gratitude.
Although it is painful for her to remember when, as a barefoot child, she ran, together with the other children, behind the procession that led Ljuba to be shot, Abramović proudly points out that she will never forget Ljub's raised bound hands in greeting, a smile that defies death, pride and pride that is rarely encountered.
"For me, July 13th is salvation, freedom, everything. I was nine years old then. I remember everything beautiful and honest in Nikšić, and during the war I remember hunger, death, what the people of Ljotić did, and later prospered, and the rest of us neither forward nor backward. I attended Ljub's trial and watched the hero of my youth from the balcony with my friends, then followed him through the city to the cemetery and the church of St. Peter and Paul. They shot him there. As children, we did not know what was happening at that moment . Then he started shouting for the party, for freedom... Then they killed him. We all rushed home and told our parents what happened. Even today, I know by name all the Ljotić family members who attended both the trial and the shooting. They are no longer there, and I will not mention their names for the sake of the descendants. When I heard that Ljubo's monument was desecrated, I cried for two days, because he is not only Ljubo Čupić, it is all of us," said Gaga.
And while the Montenegrin Che Guevara, as she calls him, was almost forgotten for decades, and few knew where the grave was where he was buried, in recent years his smile has returned to the city.
On the occasion of July 2018, 13, a monument called "Hero on the Corse", the work of Zlatko Glamočak, was ceremonially unveiled on the Nikšić Square.
It was made according to the conceptual design of Mihailo Radojičić, and the finances were provided by the entrepreneur from Nikšić, Dr. Dušan Đurović.
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