page_title: Forest of Bojcin
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Forest of Bojcin / History
caption_attribution_description: Српски / srpski: Спомен плоча у Бојчинској шуми, негде дубоко у шуми, где је влага огромна и лети има пуно комараца, стоји натпис: ”Овај део шуме од лета 1942. год. до ослобођења служио је као бивак партизанских штабова и једниница, а у исто време биле земунице ”партизанске базе” и осматрачнице пограничне партизанске чете Првог сремског одреда” 4. јула 1963. Удружење бораца
context_page_description: Forest of Bojčin is a swampy forest protected by the government of Serbia. It lies between the village of Progar, Boljevac and Ašanja, in the municipality of Surčin. It belongs to the region of Obedska bara. It lies in the plain region of southeastern Srem, the south-western edge of Belgrade, 30 kilometers from the center, and between the river Sava and Јarčina channel. The forest serves as a resort, with a number of content. Since 1965, it is a protected natural monument.
context_section_description: During the First World War, residents and soldiers found shelter in the forest. King Alexander used it as a hunting ground (1934). During the Second World War, Forest of Bojčin was a very important political, military and economic center.  In 1941, a partisan uprising was staged in the forest in Donji Srem. People from the surrounding villages also hid in the forest, fleeing from enemies - especially the Germans and the ustashas. In more than one base under the ground, which have been saved to date, many of the fighters from Central Serbia continued for east Bosnia during the remainder of the war, after crossing the Sava River and taking a short stop in order to recover and train, and then took part in heated battles against the enemy.
  A tarmac road leads to the partisan bases through the middle of the forest. At a distance of 2 km from the entrance to the forest, on the site where the partisan bases where Srem army hid in the dugouts and catacombs once stood, there is a memorial set up in 1963. The place is a bit neglected and left to oblivion. In the continuation, the following 3 km, there is a pond and mud, and it is quite difficult to get through.
  Due to its natural value, historical significance and monumental buildings with preserved properties, the Forest of Bojčin was protected as early as 1965 as a natural memorial monument.
caption: Part of the forest in which partisan staffs and units in "partisan bases" were located from the summer of 1942 until the end of the war - dug outs and watchtowers of the border troop of the First Srem Partisan Unit. Memorial plaque 4 July 1963
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