The square was again renamed in 1943, during the German occupation, when it was named Srpski trg (Serbian square). After the liberation, the new Communist authorities renamed it on 20 April 1946 to Trg Bratstva i jedinstva (Square of Brotherhood and unity), before it was named Savski trg (Sava square) in 2004. The pedestrian section of the square, encircled by the public transportation terminus, was in time adapted into the park, which later hosted the war victims monument. Before it was demolished during the 2020s reconstruction of the square, it covered . Another square-roundabout was adapted into the park, at Hajduk Veljkov Venac, covering .
