Monument strategies: Nationalist propaganda

glorifying fathers of nation, usually connected to religious and other symbols

Graffiti on Brune Bušić Street: Portrait of Bruno Bušić and White-First Croatian Coat of Arms

Location: Walls of residential buildings on Brune Bušić Street, Središće neighbourhood, Zagreb, Croatia.
OtherNationalist propagandaOriginal fascism
Designed by: Unknown. The graffiti is unsigned and no author has been publicly identified. Initiated by: The "NZG" designation suggests affiliation with Bad Blue Boys supporters from Novi Zagreb, but no...
Description: Two graffiti works appear on residential building walls along Brune Bušića Street in the Središće...

Monument to Miro Barešić

Location: Drage, Croatia
Figurative sculptureNationalist propagandaOpen fascist rehabilitation 2016.
Designed by: Ivan Kujundžić, academic sculptor originally from Imotski. He previously created the statu... Initiated by: Ante Barešić, one of Miro Barešić's cousins, initiated the project to erect the statue. 96...
Description: A two-metre-high bronze statue located in the village of Drage near Pakoštane in central Dalmatia...

Monument to Danuta Siedzikówna in Gruszki

Location: Browsk Forest District in Białowieża Forest region Submitted by: Eunice Blavascunas
Figurative sculptureAnti-left, Anti-socialistNationalist propaganda 2017.
Designed by: Marek Maślaniec Initiated by: Tomasz Duszkiewicz
Description: In 2017 Polish State Forestry (Lasy Państwowe) erected a statue to a 17-year-old partisan, Danuta...

Despot Stefan Lazarević

Location: The Square on Despot Stefan Boulevard (former 29th November), between Gundulićev Venac, Drinčićeva a... Submitted by: Ivana Momčilović and Tane Tanya Laketić
Figurative sculptureNationalist propaganda 2021.
Designed by: Svetomir Arsić-Basara Initiated by: The city of Belgrade and City Municipality of Stari Grad
Description: Despot Stefan Lazarević was the son of Prince Lazar Hrebeljanović, to whom the Hungarian king gra...

Graffiti

Location: East Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Submitted by: Sofia Poulia
Artist interventionOtherPolitical interventionCommunist crimesNationalist propagandaOther 2025.
Description: Among the various visual memorializations in the public space of East Sarajevo, which ethnonation...

City Park dedicated to Gavrilo Princip

Location: East Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Submitted by: Sofia Poulia
Memorial siteNationalist propaganda 2014.
Designed by: The artist of the sculpture is Zoran Kuzmanović. Initiated by: The municipality of Istočno Novo Sarajevo.
Description: The memorialization of Gavrilo Princip is a prominent example of the contested writing of public ...

Rechenzentrum versus Garison church Potsdam

Location: The monument is located in the Centre of Potsdam, at an Area called "Plantage"
Monument destructionNationalist propaganda 2017.
Designed by: The original project was designed Philipp Gerlach, the reconstruction proejct by the architect fi... Initiated by: While the project was initiated by right wing activist, it is now realized by the protestand chur...
Description: In 1984, the West German right-wing army officer Max Klaar, started an in initiative for the reco...

Roman Dmowski Monument

Location: Na Rozdrożu Square, at the intersection of Szuch Avenue and Ujazdów Avenue, Warsaw, Poland. The loca... Submitted by: Gal Kirn
Figurative sculptureNationalist propaganda 2006.
Designed by: Wojciech Mendzelewski, Maria Marek-Prus, Piotr Prus Initiated by: The construction of the monument was a result of the initiative supported by politicians Maciej G...
Description: The statue holds the Treaty of Versailles and is engraved with a quote from Dmowski’s book: “I am...

Statue of Miklós Horthy

Location: Szabadság square 2. Budapest Hungary Submitted by: Borbala Klacsmann
BustFigurative sculptureNationalist propaganda 2007.
Designed by: Béla Domonkos Initiated by: Calvinist church
Description: The bust of Miklós Horthy, regent of Hungary between 1920 and 1944, was erected at Szabadság squa...

Monument to Vladimir the Great in Moscow

Location: Borovitskaya Square in Moscow. Initial proposals to erect a 25m-high monument on Moscow's famous Spa...
Figurative sculptureLarge sculptureNationalist propaganda 2016.
Designed by: Salavat Shcherbakova (architect Vasily Danilov) Initiated by: Initiative of the Russian Military Historical Society and the city government. The monument was c...
Description: The Monument to Vladimir the Great is a 17.5-metre-high monument located in Borovitskaya Square i...