On the occasion of All Saints' Day, the city of Lepoglava paid tribute to its deceased citizens, with special honour accorded to fallen Croatian defenders and victims of fascism.
The delegation from the City of Lepoglava was led by Mayor Željko Šoštarić, and included members of the Association of Anti-Fascists and Anti-Fascist Fighters from Lepoglava. Wreaths were laid and candles lit at the memorial markers at the Memorial Cemetery in Lepoglava, as well as at the memorial markers in the Park of Victims of Fascism.
Tribute was also paid at the memorial markers for fallen anti-fascists in Kamenica and Višnjica. At the central cross on the Lepoglava municipal cemetery, a wreath was laid and candles lit in memory of the fallen Croatian defenders from the Lepoglava area, with a prayer led by Monsignor Nenad Piskač.
The tribute was paid in the presence of family members of the fallen defenders, the Croatian Defenders Association Lepoglava, and members of the City Council and local committees. Wreaths were laid and candles lit at the memorial markers and graves of fallen Croatian defenders in Kamenica and Višnjica, with representatives of the City of Lepoglava joined by family members of the fallen defenders and representatives of veterans' associations.
Mayor Željko Šoštarić stated that the city remembers its fellow citizens whose inexpressible love for the homeland will live on forever, and expressed gratitude to them for peace and freedom. Tribute to the fallen Croatian defenders was also paid at their final resting places.
