Monument strategies: National reconciliation

relativizing fascist crimes, conceiving fascist and local collaborators as victims

Monument to the Victims of all Wars

Location: Kongresni trg 3, 1000 Ljubljana Submitted by: Gal Kirn
Abstract sculptureMemorial siteNational reconciliation 2017.
Designed by: Rok Žnidaršič, Mojca Gabrič, Samo Mlakar, Žiga Ravnikar, Dino Mujić and Martin Kruh, Matjaž Habič... Initiated by: The monument was commissioned by Slovenia’s Ministry of Labor, Family, Social Affairs, and Equal ...
Description: The call for reconciliation of all the sides involved in the World War II became a dominant ideol...

Foiba di Basovizza

Location: Basovizza, Italy Submitted by: Louise Zamparutti
Memorial siteNational reconciliation 1992.
Initiated by: Lega Nazionale
Description: The memorial was initiated by Italy’s far right political parties to commemorate Italians deemed ...

Bust to Milorad Samardžić

Location: The bust is located in the Ravna Gora Park in central Bileća, BiH. Submitted by: Vjeran Pavlaković
BustNational reconciliation 2017.
Designed by: Željko Aleksić Initiated by: Boriša Samardžić
Description: Milorad Samardžić was a Chetnik fighter that fought against the Partisans in the Second World War...

Ravna Gora Park

Location: The park is in the center of Bileća, across from a large park with a Partisan memorial and ossuary. Submitted by: Vjeran Pavlaković
Figurative sculptureLarge sculptureMemorial siteNational reconciliation 2014.
Designed by: Milivoj Bokić Initiated by: The inscription on the central pyramid states the park was created by the Serbian people of Bileć...
Description: This monument complex honors the Ravna Gora movement, popularly known as Chetniks, in the town of...