Photo Screenshot FoNetToday, an attempt was made to continue with the illegal demolition of the historic Old Fairground, but members of the "Together - We Must" coalition prevented it. The first demolition attempt, in March, stopped the Holocaust Research and Education Center
"We have stopped the illegal demolition of the German pavilion, which belongs to the historical complex Camp Sajmište," said Đorđe Miketić, a member of the coalition Zajedno - Moramo, for the "Vremena" portal.
He says that he and members of the coalition stood in front of the excavator and stopped the demolition.
This is the area of suffering for Serbs, Jews, Roma and anti-fascists, and the violence against history and culture must be stopped.
The company demolishing the German Pavilion is "Miss Mag", as Miketić says, "a well-known demolisher of Vračar and other parts of the city".
"The man who appeared in front of that company said that he got that right at a city tender. However, he had neither a demolition permit nor a work order to show, and the construction site does not have a sign, which means that everything is illegal," says Miketić.
"We knew what was going on, and three days ago we warned the Construction Inspectorate about it, but we didn't get any response." We also informed the police, but they didn't respond either," says Miketić.
The demolition of the German Pavilion began at the beginning of March, the roof was removed from one of the buildings of the pavilion and the surrounding post-war buildings of the former company "Rade Končar" were demolished, but it was stopped after a warning from the Center for Research and Education on the Holocaust.
The demolition is being carried out without identification of the contractor and a board with information about the construction site, the Center stated then, and Miketić confirms today.
"We don't know why they are demolishing the historical monument." There are indications that there is a mass grave under the German Pavilion, but apparently there is no interest in investigating it. It is possible that they want to build a road to the Old Bridge there in order to justify why they are demolishing it. We don't know anything because this government is non-transparent and behaves as if Belgrade is its property," says Miketić.
He says that "The old fairground is located near Belgrade on the water, so this is probably the reason why the city does not mind the demolition of the cultural and historical monument."
He announces that he will come to this same place on Monday, in order to stop the continuation of the demolition.
"We asked that the director of the Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments and the authorities from the City come, to publicly explain why they will not protect the German Pavilion and the entire Old Fairground."
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It is not known who and with what intention demolished the German pavilion at the Old Fairground. The Center for Research and Education on the Holocaust asks the City Assembly to protect this killing ground in its entirety. Until now, the same request was made to the previous city authorities, but the potential of this location was always stronger than its cultural and memorial significance.
It's good that after so many decades at the Old Fairground, I guess, something will start to be built. I don't know if the private individuals who had expanded there have already been evicted. There was also one of the headquarters of the party whose president is Aleksandar Vučić. There was also a restaurant that, in addition to everything else, also served bloody steaks
