The Sixth of April Sarajevo Award (; ; ) is the highest decoration given by the city of Sarajevo. Recipients are awarded for their continuous work and achievements in the fields of science, business, education, technology, health care, art, sports, and human rights. The award is given annually by the City Assembly of Sarajevo.
Background Military operations in World War II in Yugoslavia began on 6 April 1941, when the Kingdom of Yugoslavia was swiftly conquered by Axis forces and partitioned between Germany, Italy, Hungary, Bulgaria and client regimes. Following a German bombing campaign, Sarajevo, along with the rest of Bosnia and Herzegovina, was conquered by the Ustashe Croatian fascist Independent State of Croatia, a puppet state of Nazi Germany. Many of the city's Serbs, Romani, and Jews were taken at this time and killed in the Holocaust. The city's resistance was led by Yugoslav Partisan commander, Vladimir Perić, known by his nom de guerre Walter. With an Allied victory on the horizon, Adolf Hitler personally issued a directive on 15 February 1945 ordering the holding of Sarajevo. After ferocious fighting the city was finally liberated on 6 April 1945 by the National Liberation Army of Yugoslavia. The date has since been known as Sarajevo City Day. In 1956 the City Assembly of Sarajevo established the Sixth of April Sarajevo Award.
Recipients 1950s Godina Individualaward Groupaward Collectiveaward 1956. Vojo Dimitrijević Andrija-Šain Čačin i Marijan Baldazar not awarded 1957. Midhat BegićBranko GrkovićRadenko MiševićSafet PašalićIvan Stajcer not awarded not awarded 1958. Jolanda ĐačićAhmet HromadžićSmiljan KlaićZdravko KovačevićMladen Pozajić not awarded not awarded 1959. Vanda CistlerFranjo HorvatTomo JanjićIlija KecmanovićJurislav KorenićTomo KuruzovićMica Todorović not awarded not awarded
1960s Godina Individualaward Groupaward Collectiveaward 1960. Veselin BadrovIvan BrkanovićArfan HozićSlavko LeovacJuraj Najdhart not awarded not awarded 1961. Olga BabićMilivoje BačanovićŽivorad JankovićMuhamed KadićTodor KruševacHamid Lukavac not awarded Pozorište lutaka Sarajevo 1962. Boro GrigovorićDragan KulidžanRizo RamićMeša SelimovićMiroslav Špiler Svetozar Radojčić, Josif Enriko, Slobodan Jovičić i Muhamed Karamehmedović not awarded 1963. David FinciLjubo LahŽeljko MarjanovićBranko RabarTeodor RomanićRisto TrifkovićZlatko Ugljen not awarded not awarded 1964. Nail AlajbegovićEduard BogdanićMak DizdarPaško DuplančićGlibo ŠašićVlado JablanNiko JovičevićEsad KazazovićFranjo LikarZvonko OrebStrahinja PetrovićZdenko PraskačFahrudin SabrihafizovićMiloš Samardžić Vladimir ZarahovićMiloš Žarković not awarded not awarded 1965. Josip BaćEsad BajraktarevićRejhan DemirdžićBranislav ĐurđevMomčilo JovanovićČedo KisićHajrudin KrvavacDragan MilinovićLjiljana MolnarDako RadoševićRanko RakanovićAfan RamićSalem ResulovićMarko SlomovićLuka SorajićDane ŠkerlLjubomir ŠušićHusein Tahmiščić – Zvonko Knežević i Zdravko Pujić – Ivan Štraus i Tihomir Štraus not awarded 1966. Abdurezak AbduzaimovićJan BeranEmerik BlumIsmet BrkićVlatko FilipovićMario MikulićIbro MujezinovićPredrag PalavestraIna Samokovlić-KrstanovićBoris SmojeAvdo SućeskaDževad TaletovićHelena Uhlik-Horvat – Miodrag Bogićević, Slavko Leovac, Husein Tahmiščić i članovi redakcije Izraza: Anđelko Ristić, Valerija Škrinjar, Izet Muftić, Dragoljub Jović, Enes Čengić, Dušan Lončarević, Svetozar Malešev, Zvonimir Požar, Lazo Ciganović, Maja Dragutinović, Nikola Ivanović i Višnja Maloković – Dušan Jovičić, Šalom Altarac, Mirko Manojlović, Rudi Stojak, Aiša Tomašev, Miloš Bajović, Stevo Opačić, Mirko Radišić, Jovan Vasić i Rasim Bajraktarević – Žika Ristić i Suad Mrkonjić not awarded 1967. Rajmond BertanIbro BrkićVladimir DedijerAhmed GreboZdenko GrgićJuraj MarekAntun MarinićAdi MulabegovićMithat MutapčićMakso SavinRadivoje SpasićAsim ŠukalićDuško TrifunovićRasim VolićAnđelko Vuletić Vahidin Spahović i Mijo Trgovčević not awarded 1968. Sadik BučukIzet BuševacDragica ČalićBahrudin ČengićBlagoje ĐorđevićSlobodan JovičićHajrija KapićNikola NikolajevićNenad RadanovićHazim Šabanović Dragan Ivošević i Olga Saničanin Gorska služba spašavanja – Stanica Sarajevo 1969. Mersad BerberSead BrkićAbaz DeronjaSofija DivčićVefik HadžismajlovićEjub IbrahimovićHamdija KapidžićSvetozar KoljevićHerta KunaRikard KuzmićIbrahim LjubovićSlavko MićanovićTihomir MirićDanica Rošulj-Malkin Petar Razlog, Šemso Hadžiefendić, Salko Selimović i Murat Goro not awarded
1970s Godina Individualaward Groupaward Collectiveaward 1970. Borislav AleksićRisto BesarovićSlavko ČankovićMuhamed FilipovićBogdan MaksimovićSulejman MemićOgnjen MiličevićLjubica MladenovićHilmija PitićDanilo ProtićSlavko ŠantićAleksa ŠtrboRifat Tvrtković – Živorad Janković, Ognjeslav Malkin i Halid Muhasilović – Ismet Mehić i Ranko Stanišić Sarajevo Ballet 1971. Olga ĐokovićDarinka ĐuraškovićLeopold KauretVeljko KojovićBoško KučanskiAlija KučukalićVojslav MaksimovićEnver MehmedbašićMira MeštrovićMuhamed MuratbegovićVojislav PavlovićSlavko PervanKasim ProhićArif PurivatraDara SekulićHamdija SijerčićSvetozar Zimonjić Vladimir Knor, Slavko Bilobrk i Abdulah Jesenković not awarded 1972. Pavle DostalSavo ĐurićVojin KomadinaMarko KrsmanovićZdenko LešićNikola NeškovićZdravko OstojićHiba RamadanovićDžemal RezakovićAbdulah ŠarčevićBakir TanovićMehmed ZaimovićMiodrag Žalica not awarded Sarajevo National Theatre 1973. Ivan FohtPavle FukerakBranko KurpjelSvetislav MaslešaStjepan MatićAbdulah OlovčićRadovan VučkovićIvan Zovko Emina Kamberović-Mičić i Muhamed Imanić „"Vaso Miskin Crni" Sarajevu 1974. Milica BuljubašićHašim ČauševićVladimir DobrovićIvan KalcinaJelka KneževićNikola KovačDušan MalešLazo MaterićMihajlo MihaljevićMuhamed SandžaktarevićEšref SarajlićDževad Softić not awarded "Ivan Goran Kovačić" Elementary School 1975. Stevo AnđelićFehim AvdićAzra BegićFranc CingleNedžad IbrišimovićJosip KatalinskiBorivoje KneževićKatarina KockaTvrtko KulenovićRamo LončarevićJagoda Maksimović-BeranLjubo MilošMuhamed MujezinovićFadil NumićJosip PejakovićBožo RakovićRuža StarčevićNeđo ŠipovacAlija TalićMeho Vladović Milan Kušan, Branko Bulić, Svetozar Gogunović i Franjo Lastavec – Prosvjetno-pedagoški zavod – Fabrika duhana u Sarajevu – Kamerni teatar 55 – Tvornica čarapa "Ključ" – Steleks – Sarajevofilm – Škola za unutrašnje poslove u Sarajevu – SOUR Unioninvest – RO Vodovod i kanalizacija Sarajevo 1976. Zdravko BesarovićMirza DelibašićHasan HadžiomerovićAlija IsakovićMustafa KarišikSavan KneževićKolobarićMladen Uroš KravljačaZdravko LikićGertruda MunitićMithat PrcićNevenka PucarBelkisa RizvanbegovićHalid SinanovićDušan SpasojevićBranko Tomašević not awarded – NIŠRO Oslobođenje – Osnovna škola "29. novembar" – RKUD "Proleter" – Institut za transfuziologiju i hematologiju Bosne i Hercegovine – OKUD "Ivo Lola Ribar" – Biblioteka "Logos" – OOUR Livnica čelika – SOUR Energoinvest – Mjesna zajednica Ilidža – Savez gorana grada Sarajeva – Studijski centar Gradskog komiteta Saveza komunista Sarajevo 1977. Midhat AganovićBoro DraškovićRadoslav DžodžoMuris IdrizovićVladimir JokanovićEkrem KulenovićZlatko LavanićMirko LukićRadovan MilanMiroslav MiličevićMuzafer MujićMirko OvadijaDušan PiljoRizo SelmanagićAlma SokolovićTonko ŠoljanAlojz Vesić not awarded – Akademsko astronomsko društvo Sarajevo – Revija Odjek – Profesionalna vatrogasna brigada Sarajevo – Institut za automatiku i računske nauke IRCA – Mjesna zajednica Blagovac – Radio program Sarajevo 202 1978. Mitar AleksićNovak AnđelićLjubomir BerberovićRazija HandžićMirza IdrizovićHanifa Kapidžić-OsmanagićLjubo KojoRatko LalićTonko MarčićJasenka Roter-PetrovićMuhamed TeftedarijaČedomir Vujanović Ante Rajić, Džemaludin Karić i Vinko Rajić – KK Bosna Royal – Indeksi – MZ Bistrik – OKUD "Miljenko Cvitković" –Omer Paša Latas production by the National Theatre – Prva gimnazija u Sarajevu 1979. Dragan AnđelićMilo GučevacZaim ImamovićAleksandar KalmarNasiha Kapidžić-HadžićNedžad KolakovićManojlo MarkovićIsmar MujezinovićIsmet MujezinovićVladimir PšornZijah SokolovićDerviš SušićStipo VilićTihomir Vuković Vokalni ansambl "Prijatelji" – Hotel Evropa – Konferencija Osnovne organizacije saveza slijepih BiH Sarajevo – Streljačka družina "Mile Vujović Učo" – UPI RO Proizvodnja i prerada mlijeka – Savezna omladinska radna akcija "Sarajevo" – RK Željezničar – Škola za osnovno muzičko obrazovanje "Dr. Vojislav Vučković" – Tkaonica ćilima Ilidža – Vojni orkestar Sarajevo
1980s Godina Individualaward Groupaward Collectiveawards 1980. Fahrija AjanovićMustafa AjanovićVladimir BjelicaNikola CvijetićJovanka ČovićKarlo DombajRato DugonjićZoran GajićFuad HadžihalilovićMiroslav JančićRadoslav JovanovićDragutin KosovacSvetislav LučićOlga MarasovićMunir MesihovićBranko MikulićDžemal MuminagićMehmed MetevelićDane OlbinaMuzafer OsmanagićAvdo SmajlovićŽarko Varajić not awarded – OOUR Elektrotopionica RO Željezara Ilijaš – SOUR Famos – Feroelektro – OŠ "Bane Šurbat" – UPI RO Promet na malo – Građevinska radna organizacija Put – Sarajevska brigada Teritorijalne odbrane Hasan Brkić 1981. Bahra ĐukMladen KneževićMoni LeviJulio MarićMara MarinkovićMirko MarjanovićBorislav MilatovićKemal MontenoMuhamed NakašMirko OljačaVaso RadićMilanko RenovicaSafet SušićMilivoje UnkovićZvonko Zrnčić Fatih Imamović, Zdravko Jurić, Željko Molinar i Zijo Pašić – Stanica policije za bezbjednost saobraćaja Sarajevo – OKUD "Slobodan Princip Seljo" 1982. Nađija Biser-TasoMilan GračaninSeid HasanefendićMilan HiholjčićRatko JovičićZijo KučukalićEmir KusturicaAnton LovrinčevićVesna MašićAleksa MikićSofija MikšićFranjo MiloševićDanilo ŠtakaMiroslav Varadin – Nazim Alihodžić, Mehmedalija Budalica, Miodrag Popadić, Enver Raljević i Mirko Šošić –Vokalni ansambl "Breze" – Umjetnički paviljon Colegium aristicum – RO Petrolinvest –Emisija Televizije Sarajevo Sarajevska hronika 1983. Predrag BojićKatarina DorićMihailo GalićJanez GorišekNenad GuzinaAsim JamakosmanovićAleksandar JevđevićBorivoje KneževićSalim ObralićMuhamed PašovićPetar SkertMilica Šnajder-HutererIsmet Zubović – Nisim Albahari, Rafael Brčić, Miodrag Čanković, Mehmed Džinić, Ahmed Hadžirović i Dane Olbina –Natalija Dozet, Marko Stanišić i Sonja Sumenić-Bijeljac – Hemijski institut Prirodno-matematičkog fakulteta Sarajevo – Radio kub "Nikola Tesla" – Sarajevo Philharmonic Orchestra – SOUR Energoinvest RO "Vaso Miskin Crni" – Vojna bolnica Sarajevo 1984. Boris BakračStevan BulajićAhmed KarabegovićKemal KaračićSofija KosovacNedžad KurtoRazija LagumdžijaPavle LukačSeid MaglajlicaMilan MedićMirko Mladić Milan MučibabićMurat MusabegovićSadudin MusabegovićKira MemićSalko Oruč Isak Ozmo Vanja PopovićHranislav RašićSabahudin SeleskovićAnto SučićArtur Takač Vojo TomićAlija VelićLjubiša Zečević not awarded – Klinika za rekonstruktivnu i plastičnu hirurgiju – Organizacioni komitet XIV ZOI – Organi unutrašnjih poslova opština i grada Sarajeva – Radio-televizija Sarajevo – GRO "Vranica" – Dom kulture Vratnik – RO "Zrak" Sarajevo´ – Oslobođenje 1985. Ljubo AralicaMahmut BajraktarevićMuhidin BegićFranjo BudimOskar DanonMusa DizdarevićJelena DopudžaAhmed DžuvićMiloš ĐuraškovićAleksandar FajgeljLeon FlikerKazimir FrankovićMiroslav HomenMujesira IvićRasim HukaraDragan JakmirovićDževad JarebicaDžemil KapetanovićZagorka KapetanovićSlobodan KezunovićFaruk KonjhodžićDesa Koštan-OlbinaSlavica KujundžićHakija KulenovićSidika LokmićNedim MahićDane MaljkovićZdravko MarićSpasoje MičićRajka MikulićMitar MinićAnte NevjestićAnkica Pavlović-AlbahariMile PerkovićRatko PopadićFuad RamićVeljko RžehakErvin-Stanko SalcbergerMehmed ŠišićArif TanovićSekula TodorovićMirko TošićSalko Vilić not awarded – Institut za fizijatriju i rehabilitaciju Ilidža – Industrija pekarstva Sarajevo – Gimnazija "Ognjen Prica" – Pozorište mladih Sarajevo – Šahovski klub "Sarajevo" – RO "Vladimir Perić Valter" Sarajevo
1990s