On the occasion of the 84th anniversary of the founding of the First Kaštela Partisan Detachment, members of the ABA Association of the City of Kaštela laid flowers at the monument on Knježak and also paid tribute to the brave women of Kaštela who collected aid and organized the famous caravans across Kozjak.
A monument to them was erected long ago at the place where they set out to fight for freedom on August 11, 1941. As every year, members of the ABA City of Kaštela association laid flowers at the monument to the First Kaštela Partisan Detachment as a sign of remembrance and gratitude.
The President of the ABA Association of the City of Kaštela, Željko Ađutantov, laid a wreath and spoke a few words of appreciation.
- They stood up for freedom, they stood up against obsession, they stood up for each other, they stood up for us. May they be eternally glorified and praised - said Adjutantov.
The following had the honor of being part of the First Kaštela Partisan Detachment:
From Kaštel Sućurac : Jozo Marinović, Silvestar Batina, Jozo Zokić, Petar Čolak.
From Kaštel Gomilica : Jozo Pavlov, Branko Carev, Viktor Braškin, Ivo Pavlov, Petar Pavlov, Srećko Bakotic, Josip Bakotic, Luka Braškin, Jerolim Tangar.
From Kaštel Kambelovac: Ivan Ađutatantov – Markijol, Ante Bedalov – Abesinac, Tadin Mate – Žuželin, Dušan Tadin, Mate Britvić, Ante Šarc, Ante Kambiov, Mihajlo Sobin.
From Kaštel Lukšić: Tonči Bliškov – Momčić, Vjeko Butir, Ante Savin – Manistra, Mirko Livaković, Anđelko Matijaca, Mladen Mateljan – Volter, Ivan Novak.
Lower Kastela: Josip Bepo – Babin, Ante Beretin, Kaja Velas, Luka Barić, Ante Remetin – Lovrica, Frane Studin – Misec, Jozo Dobrić, Braco Bartulica, Vojmir Kuzmanić, Berislav Perišić, Mate Bašić and Vicko Grgin.
Just as these brave men stood up against fascism and went into the forest, so the brave women and youth of Kaštela stood up against the hunger that accompanies every war, and at the place of Studenčina - by the well in Kaštel Kambelovac they set up a checkpoint and from 1941 to 1945, they collected food, clothing, medical supplies and organized caravans across Kozjak, participated in these caravans, and thus transferred aid to the partisans. The members of the ABA Association of the City of Kaštela do not forget their sacrifice and courage.
Photo: ABA Association of the City of Kaštela
