Nenad LajbenšpergerIndependent Researcher · Department for Research, Protection and Documentation
Nenad Lajbenšperger
Doctor of History
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Introduction
I research patterns of remembrence on arm conflicts in Serbia and Yugoslavia, especialy on the erecting and maintenance of military cemeteries, ossuaries and monuments. My interest are memorials in Serbia and in former Yugoslavia, and memorials dediceted to serbian and yugoslav soldiers and civilians that died abroad during wars. Curently my focus is on memorials from First World War in Serbia, North Macedonia, Greece, Albania and Czech republic.
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After the end of the First World War, the graves of soldiers of the three armies that fought against each other – Serbian, Montenegrin and Austria-Hungarian, became war memorials of the newly formed Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (Yugoslavia). The care of the state for these war graves was in constant conflict of desires and needs on the one...
Publications about monuments to fighters and victims of the Second World War in Yugoslavia began to appear in the late 1950s. They were dedicated to one or more monuments or memorial complexes. Over time, in tourist guides, among other sites, monuments and memorials began to be presented as a significant place worth a visit. During the second half...
Memorial sites dedicated to the National Liberation War, revolution and the victims of fascism have played an important role in the cultural and political life of the socialist Yugoslavia. The changing political course of Yugoslavia from 1948 influenced its cultural strategy. This reflected the artists’ sensibility and tendency towards abstract scu...
This article reviews the ϐirst ofϐicial presentation
of the number of Yugoslav victims of the World War II. It also
shows the way the number changed over the time to reach the
ofϐicial number of 1,706,000 victims. It summarizes the activities undertaken for the purpose of establishing the number
of victims of war carried out by the State Commission...
Spomenik na Gučevu je posvećen srpskim vojnicima stradalim u borbama na masivu planine Gučevo tokom Drinske bitke 1914. godine. U kosturnicu ispred spomenika su smešteni posmrtni ostaci oko 3.500 vojnika poginulih tokom navedene bitke. Na samom bojištu prvo su Austrijanci počeli podizanje spomenika, da bi ga posle rata preuredilo Udruženje rezervni...
“Proud armoured soldiers” in memorial ossuary at Zebrnjak
During Kumanovo battle in 1912, Serbian casualties were around 700 dead, 3.000 wounded and 600 missing soldiers. Many of killed soldiers were buried at the battlefield. To honor them, it was decided to build a monument with an ossuary at the hill called Zebrnjak, near Kumanovo. Also, it was...
