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wwii-Related Memorial Practices and Dark Tourism
Figure 6.4
Strunjan Memorial
to Child Victims Killed
or Wounded by Fascists
in 1921
cult of President Tito until his death in 1980.²⁹ Balažič (2009, pp. 160–
161, 166–168) treats them as relicts of socialism which form the socialist
landscape. The author distinguishes four types of relics, such as relics of
industry, human settlement, agriculture, and ideology, with only the last
one being relevant for this research. Besides physical relicts, like mon-
uments, memorials, memorial plaques and tombstones, there are many
indirect relicts still placed in Istria, e.g. naming of streets, squares, schools
and other public institutions after the anti-fascists, heroes and events re-
lated to w w i i (see Figures 6.5 and 6.6), which today symbolise grati-
tude, remembrance, heroism, suffering and triumph, as well as the social-
ist (communist) ideology and system (depending on the point of view).
The Historical and Maritime Museum of Istria, founded in Pula in 1955
²⁹ More can be found in Pavlaković & Perak (2017).
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Figure 6.4
Strunjan Memorial
to Child Victims Killed
or Wounded by Fascists
in 1921
cult of President Tito until his death in 1980.²⁹ Balažič (2009, pp. 160–
161, 166–168) treats them as relicts of socialism which form the socialist
landscape. The author distinguishes four types of relics, such as relics of
industry, human settlement, agriculture, and ideology, with only the last
one being relevant for this research. Besides physical relicts, like mon-
uments, memorials, memorial plaques and tombstones, there are many
indirect relicts still placed in Istria, e.g. naming of streets, squares, schools
and other public institutions after the anti-fascists, heroes and events re-
lated to w w i i (see Figures 6.5 and 6.6), which today symbolise grati-
tude, remembrance, heroism, suffering and triumph, as well as the social-
ist (communist) ideology and system (depending on the point of view).
The Historical and Maritime Museum of Istria, founded in Pula in 1955
²⁹ More can be found in Pavlaković & Perak (2017).
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