Croatian Heroes: Heroes of Vukovar TV serial by Eduard & Dominik Galic, part 7

7. New Banijska Street – Friday 17.10.2008 20.10

This episode describes defending Banijska street in Borovo Naselje on north-east position near river Dunav. On 25. 08. 1991. during attack whose intention was to break the defense of Borovo Naselje fighters from Banijska street stopped the attack and heavily damaged the enemy forces. The enemy didn’t recover for two months. Vlatko Voloder, Miro Josić, who expected to sign a
professional contract with soccer club Zagreb that summer, but he didn’t want to leave his attacked city, Tomislav Josić and their co fighters, were fighting on Banijska and nearby streets at close range and successfully rejected all enemy attacks until occupation This positions was defended by many people from Varaždin and Čakovec, along with people from all parts of Croatia. Incredible imagination, astuteness and unison of people from all parts of Croatia which helped in defending this position until occupation is also described in this episode. Many of them ended in camp for prisoners in Serbia, but most of them have survived. They are Miroslav and Tomislav Josić, Vlatko Voloder, Ivica Banožic, Marko Filković, Dragutin Špac…