The monument was the site of one of the tragic World War II episodes, when about 300 desperate Serb peasants armed only with pitchforks, died attacking the Ustasha Militia at the top of the mountain, during breakthrough of the enemy ring in 1942. The monument is a symbol of suffering and heroic struggle for most of the Serbian population in this region, who, starting in the spring of 1941, had been the subject of Ustasha crimes and genocide. After the founding of the first Partisan units in Kordun and Banija, Croats and Serbs fought together against fascism and occupation.