List of World War II monuments and memorials in Slovenia

Last updated March 14, 2024

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).

Name	Location	Notes
Monument to People's liberation struggle of Yugoslavia	Maribor	Designed by Slavko Tihec, built in 1975.^[1]
Monument to the Revolution	Ljubljana	Designed by Drago Tršar, built in 1975.^[2]
Ilirska Bistrica	Ilirska Bistrica	Dedicated to fallen Slovenian soldiers. Designed by Janez Lenassi, built in 1965.^[3]
Monument to fallen fighters	Zreče
Monument to the Revolution	Kranj	Designed by Lojze Dolinar, built in 1961.^[4]
Monument “War and Peace”	Celje, Slovenija	Designed by Jakob Savinšek, built in 1958.
Monument to fallen fighters	Kropa
Tomb of national heroes	Ljubljana	Designed by Boris Kalin and Edo Mihevc, built in 1949.
Memorial to the battle of Dražgoše	Dražgoše	Designed 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 Area	Urh	Designed by the architect Boris Kobe and by the sculptors Karel Putrih [ sl ] and Zdenko Kalin, built in 1955. Dedicated to the Slovene resistance members tortured and killed there.
Monument to fallen fighters	Hrastnik
Monument to Victims of Fascism	Stranice
Memorial Cemetery at Kacenštajn Castle	Begunje	Dedicated to civilian hostages killed by fascists.
Monument to the Partisans	Hrastenice	Dedicated 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 Locals	Zgornja 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 Fighters	Veliki Korinj
Monument to Victims of Fascism	Kosler's Thicket [ sl ] (Kozlerjeva gošča)
Monument to fallen fighters	Krvavec
Monument to the Liberation Front meeting	Trnovska vas	Dedicated to meeting of members of the Liberation Front of the Slovene People in this place on 24 May 1942.
Monument to Pohorje partisan battalion	Osankarica	Dedicated to fighters of Pohorje Partisan Battalion who were all killed by the German soldiers in 1942.
Monument to victims of fascism	Pugled	Dedicated 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 fascism	Radovna	Dedicated 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 fighters	Logatec
Monument to fallen fighters	Lake Peak [ sl ] (Jezerski vrh)
Monument to fallen fighters	Stara Cerkev
Monument to fallen fighters	Trnovec
Monument to fallen fighters	Vipava
Monument to fallen fighters	Vrhnika
Monument to fallen fighters and victims of fascism	Dobrava
Monument to fallen fighters	Javorje Cross (Javorski pil)
Red army memorial	Murska Sobota	Built in 1945. Dedicated to Red army soldiers who have fallen for the liberation of Međimurje and Prekmurje.
World War II Memorial	Krško	Dedicated to 1941 uprising.
A monument to the victims of the national liberation war	Ljubljana	Monument by Jože Plečnik.

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↑ "Revolucionarno kiparstvo", Zagreb: Spektar, 1977, p. 161
↑ "Revolucionarno kiparstvo", Zagreb: Spektar, 1977, p. 163
↑ "Revolucionarno kiparstvo", Zagreb: Spektar, 1977, p. 165
↑ "Revolucionarno kiparstvo", Zagreb: Spektar, 1977, p. 124-125
↑ "Revolucionarno kiparstvo", Zagreb: Spektar, 1977, p. 186

List of World War II monuments and memorials in Slovenia

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