Angol leírás, sztori

In the 2nd World War several Hungarian and Bulgarian partisans have been fought by side of the Slovak National Uprising (SNP) as antifascists participated against the fascism. In particular they were academics in Bratislava and agricultural workers around Bratislava (Pozsony).

Among them 85 Bulgarian insurgents were arrested on 13rd and 14th of November, 1944 during night and then many of them have been taken to concentration camps to Dachau and Buchenwald. Unfortunatelly, 38 Bulgarian partisans have fallen during battle. This memorial has been erected for their heroic struggles in 1949 in the Vajanského park near Danube River.

The statue was made by František David. Its base is 170 x 170 cm (67 x 67 in), and pedestal was made of granite stone, 106 x 219 cm (42 x 82 in). The whole statue was made of bronze.

On front and back edge of base plate a bilingual inscription can be seen: The inscription comes from a Bulgarian poet Hriszto Botev (1848-1876)

Slovak inscription: „Kto padne v boji za slobodu, nezomiera”
In English transcription: „Who falls in the struggle for freedom, does not die”

Bulgarian inscription: „Tов, който падне в бой за свобода, той не умира”

On the front of the pedestal the following inscription can be seen:
„Hrdinským bulharskym partizanom ktori položili život za našu slobodu”

In English transcription: „To the heroic Bulgarian partisans who gave their lives for our freedom”

The monument is continuously visited, well-kept, it is wreathed in Public Holidays, and it have been taken care by the local Bulgarian authority.