[HRV]
Ovaj spomenik podsjeća kada je na Izvršnom odboru Središnjice HDZ-a 13. ožujka 1991. Milivoj Kujundžić predložio je ustrojavanje organizacije pod nazivom Narodna zaštita. Prema riječima predlagača cilj bi bio "pružiti neoružani i ukupni otpor u Hrvatskoj" te se stoga "odmah mora legalno organizirati Narodna zaštita na osnovi dobrovoljnosti i samoorganizacije građana"
Tom je inicijativom pokrenuta Narodna zaštita, no kao potpuno nenaoružana formacija. S druge strane, Narodna zaštita bila je tada zamišljena kao međustranačka organizacija". Što je u praksi to značilo? Narodna zaštita trebala je, prema mišljenju Predsjednika Republike i njezinih osnivača, biti isključivo oblik obrambenog neoružanog samoorganiziranja građana" te se u slučaju otvorene agresije trebala neoružano suprotstaviti svim oblicima ugrožavanja slobode, suvereniteta i teritorijalnog integriteta Republike Hrvatske"
Od 13. ožujka, a posebice nakon krvavog Uskrsa" na Plitvicama, Narodna zaštita rasla je nevjerojatnom brzinom. Desetci tisuća građana javljali su se međustranačkim vijećima u općinama diljem Hrvatske. Ti su ljudi bili spremni na oružani otpor agresoru, ali su očekivali da ih država rasporedi u novoustrojene gardijske postrojbe ili druge organizirane cjeline kako bi pružili organizirani otpor agresoru.
Shvatilo se da Narodna zaštita ne može ostati nenaoružana i vojno neorganizirana tim više jer hrvatska vojska (osim dvije gardijske brigade u začetku) još nije bila ustrojena. Nastupilo je najopasije razdoblje po sigurnost Republike Hrvatske.
[EN]
This monument reminds of when the Executive Board of the Centre HDZ 13th March 1991st Milivoj Kujundzic suggested establishment of an organization called the National protection. According to proponents aim would be "to provide unarmed and total resistance in Croatia" and therefore "must immediately be legally organize National protection based on voluntarism and self-organization of citizens"
On that initiative has launched National protection, but as a completely unarmed formations. On the other hand, the National Protection was then designed as inter-party organizations. "What's that mean in practice? Public protection should, in the opinion of the President of the Republic and its founder, will only form of defense unarmed self-organization of citizens" and in the case of open aggression should unarmed oppose all forms of threat to freedom, sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Republic of Croatian "
From 13 March, and especially after the "bloody Easter" in Plitvice National protection is growing at incredible speed. Tens of thousands of citizens contacted the inter-party councils in the municipalities across the Croatian. These men were prepared for armed resistance to the aggressor, but they expected to be allocated to the newly established State Guard troops or other units organized to provide an organized resistance to the aggressor.
It was realized that the National protection can not stay unarmed and unorganized military even more because the Croatian army (except for two Guards Brigade in beginning) has not yet been established. After that came the most dangerous period to the security of the Republic of Croatian.