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To really understand many of these sculptures/monuments it's important to familiarize with the background stories of events that they were built to mark - mostl
by ivanhoe 7y ago
To really understand many of these sculptures/monuments it's important to familiarize with the background stories of events that they were built to mark - mostly WWII battles and places of horrible pogroms.
A few links to add more context to some of the best known monuments:
Jasenovac
https://www.yadvashem.org/odot_pdf/Microsoft%20Word%20-%206358.pdf https://www.yadvashem.org/odot_pdf/Microsoft%20Word%20-%2063... , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jasenovac_concentration_camp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jasenovac_concentration_camp
Bubanj Memorial park
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubanj_Memorial_Park https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubanj_Memorial_Park
Battle of Sutjeska (aka Tjentište)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Case_Black https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Case_Black