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Memorial Monuments as Hangovers of the Socialist Yugoslav Past

In all modern societies, monuments play an important role in the process of construction of the historical or collective memory. During the times of socialist Yugoslavia, the state and the society were no exception. For more than four decades after the end of WWII, throughout the lifespan of socialist Yugoslavia, an exceptionally large number of “socialist monuments” were built, and numerous sculptors and other artists participated in this endeavour. Public monuments are probably the most visible examples of a country’s culture of memory, and are therefore also often at the centre of controversies during periods of political transition. In Croatia alone, over 6000 partisan monuments and memory sites were erected between 1945 and 1990. As early as 1961 inventories already included more than 14, 400 monuments and memorials throughout Yugoslavia.

socialist Yugoslavia, monuments, collective memory

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