List of World War II monuments and memorials in Slovenia explained

List of World War II monuments and memorials in Slovenia represent Yugoslav monuments and memorials built on the territory of the present day Slovenia.

History

The Yugoslav authorities established several memorial sites between 1945 and 1960, though widespread building started after the founding of the Non-Aligned Movement.

Yugoslav president Josip Broz Tito commissioned several memorial sites and monuments in the 1960s and 70s dedicated to World War II battle, and concentration camp sites. They were designed by notable sculptors, including Dušan Džamonja, Vojin Bakić, Miodrag Živković, Jordan and Iskra Grabul, and architects, including Bogdan Bogdanović, Gradimir Medaković. After Tito's death, a small number was built, and the monuments were popular visitor attractions in the 1980s as patriotic sites, and since the Yugoslav Wars and the dissolution of Yugoslavia, most of the sites are abandoned and have lost their importance.

The list houses monuments and memorials built between 1945 and 1991, and does not include busts or other statues of individuals (see bottom).

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Monument to People's liberation struggle of YugoslaviaMariborDesigned by Slavko Tihec, built in 1975.[1]
Monument to the RevolutionLjubljanaDesigned by Drago Tršar, built in 1975.[2]
Ilirska BistricaIlirska BistricaDedicated to fallen Slovenian soldiers. Designed by Janez Lenassi, built in 1965.[3]
Monument to fallen fightersZreče
Monument to the RevolutionKranjDesigned by Lojze Dolinar, built in 1961.[4]
Monument “War and Peace”Celje,
Slovenija
Designed by Jakob Savinšek, built in 1958.
Monument to fallen fightersKropa
Tomb of national heroesLjubljanaDesigned by Boris Kalin and Edo Mihevc, built in 1949.
Memorial to the battle of DražgošeDražgošeDesigned by Stojan Batič, Boris Kobe and Ive Šubic, built in 1977. Dedicated to fallen fighters and victims of fascism in the battle of Dražgoše.[5]
St. Ulrich Memorial AreaUrhDesigned by the architect Boris Kobe and by the sculptors and Zdenko Kalin, built in 1955. Dedicated to the Slovene resistance members tortured and killed there.
Monument to fallen fightersHrastnik
Monument to Victims of FascismStranice
Memorial Cemetery at Kacenštajn CastleBegunjeDedicated to civilian hostages killed by fascists.
Monument to the PartisansHrasteniceDedicated to the action of 7 May 1943, when fighters of the partisan battalion attacked the colone of Italian soldiers and destroyed most of the enemy's power.
Monument to the Fallen Fighters and LocalsZgornja Rečica (hamlet of Igriše)Dedicated to the attack on the Hribar Farm, which offered hospitality to the Partisans, by the German forces in the night from the 7 to 8 March 1943. Three partisans, three family members and a neighbour were killed.
Monument to the Fallen FightersVeliki Korinj
Monument to Victims of Fascism (Slovenian: Kozlerjeva gošča)
Monument to fallen fightersKrvavec
Monument to the Liberation Front meetingTrnovska vasDedicated to meeting of members of the Liberation Front of the Slovene People in this place on 24 May 1942.
Monument to Pohorje partisan battalionOsankaricaDedicated to fighters of Pohorje Partisan Battalion who were all killed by the German soldiers in 1942.
Monument to victims of fascismPugledDedicated to wounded partisans who were killed by nazis or left to burn together with the barracks of partisan ambulance on 27 October 1943.
Monument to victims of fascismRadovnaDedicated to inhabitants of Radovna village who were all closed by German soldiers into one barrack and left to burn alive on 20 September 1943.
Monument to fallen fightersLogatec
Monument to fallen fighters
(Slovenian: Jezerski vrh)
Monument to fallen fightersStara Cerkev
Monument to fallen fightersTrnovec
Monument to fallen fightersVipava
Monument to fallen fightersVrhnika
Monument to fallen fighters and victims of fascismDobrava
Monument to fallen fightersJavorje Cross
(Slovenian: Javorski pil)
Red army memorialMurska SobotaBuilt in 1945. Dedicated to Red army soldiers who have fallen for the liberation of Međimurje and Prekmurje.
World War II MemorialKrškoDedicated to 1941 uprising.
A monument to the victims of the national liberation warLjubljanaMonument by Jože Plečnik.

See also

Notes and References

  1. "Revolucionarno kiparstvo", Zagreb: Spektar, 1977, p. 161
  2. "Revolucionarno kiparstvo", Zagreb: Spektar, 1977, p. 163
  3. "Revolucionarno kiparstvo", Zagreb: Spektar, 1977, p. 165
  4. "Revolucionarno kiparstvo", Zagreb: Spektar, 1977, p. 124-125
  5. "Revolucionarno kiparstvo", Zagreb: Spektar, 1977, p. 186