By Linda Tancs
In 1991, tanks from the Yugoslav People’s Army rolled through Osijek, Croatia. Undeterred, a local resident parked his red Fiat (also called a Fićo) on the street in front of the approaching tanks, blocking the road as an act of defiance. He exited the vehicle before a tank rammed into the car and dragged it along the street before crushing it. A monument was later unveiled to commemorate the event. Known as The Red Fićo, the installation shows a Fiat climbing a tank, symbolizing resistance, and in the end, victory, in the war for independence.


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