There were 1,322 individuals who were decorated by the Order of the People's hero of Yugoslavia between 1942 and 1973. Many busts and memorials were built in honor of each People's hero. Each of them usually had a bust in his birthplace or at the place of his death. Most of these monuments are built in figurative style, but some of them were completely abstract.
At the given coordinates, on the building where she lived in Njegoseva street no 73, there is a memorial plaque with the inscription: “ National hero and Member of the Communist party Nadezda Nada Puric lived in this house until November 1941, when she was brutally murdered by the Gestapo. With her work, patriotism and loyalty to the Party and the working class, she gave a shining example of how to fight and die for the fatherland.”
Nadezda Nada Puric was born on March 9, 1903 in Valjevo. She worked in the Ministry of Finance of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.
Even as a student, she participated in the cooperative “Mlade devojke” (Young girls), and later in the gatherings around “Women’s movement” which was then under the strong influence of the illegal Communist Party of Yugoslavia (KPJ). She participated in the workers’ and student demonstrations, and in 1943 she was admitted to the KPJ.
Nada worked in the magazine “Rec istine” (Word of truth), where she wrote about the situation of women, advocating for their greater rights in society. In 1940. this paper was banned by the authorities of Kingdom of Yugoslavia.
She gave her apartment to KPJ to use it as a warehouse and storage of illegal printed materials.
After the occupation of Yugoslavia in April 1941, since Nada was one of the more reliable party members, so she was included in the work of Central Committee of the Communist Party. Nada’s apartment was a very important point for further distribution of illegal party materials and she still continued to work at the Ministry of Finance.
In early November 1941, the police managed to arrest one person who was distributing illegal leaflets. After being interrogated and tortured, he gave away Nada. On the same day, 18th November 1941, agents of Special Police (Specijalna policija) arrested her.
Although she was tortured for 10 days, Nada didn’t give away anything, which enabled the illegal party printing to continue with work until the end of war.
Nada Puric died on 27th November 1941 from the consequences of torture. In her police records the Special police left a note: “The investigation could not clarify the role of Nada Puric in the illegal communist movement, but it’is without a doubt that she had one of the most important roles.”
Her remains were later buried in the Alley of executed patriots 1941-1944 at New Cemetery (Novo Groblje) in Belgrade.
On the final coordinates, there is a memorial bust of Nada Puric with tribute from the poet Desanka Maksimovic: “ We do not know where your grave is, and that’s why it seems everywhere, everywhere in this earth. Under the sky blue and light, we do not know where your grave is and that’s why we walk the earth as every stone and every plant is your grave.”
Question for calculation final coordinates:
A=How many windows on the ground floor (white window) of the front side of building where Nada Puric lived?
Final coordinates 44.(A+2)0077666, 20.(A-2)700031
Cache is hidden near the monument.