Looking back 75 years after the end of WWII, it is nearly impossible to say definitively what exactly transpired here, as memory has faded into oblivion or has even been erased on purpose. The camp was abandoned for a short time after the war, but was reactivated by the Yugoslav communists at the end of May 1945 to accommodate former members of the Slovene Home Guard and others that had collaborated with the Axis, as well as civilians that had fled before the advancing Yugoslav People's Army to Allied camps in Austrian Carinthia. Speakers highlighted the need to preserve the memory of the atrocities and drew parallels with the present.if(typeof ez_ad_units!='undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[468,60],'total_slovenia_news_com-box-3','ezslot_7',107,'0','0'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-total_slovenia_news_com-box-3-0'); Jana Babek, the director of the Tri Museum, stressed that around 2,000 internees of what was a branch of the notorious Mauthausen camp were forced to work in harsh conditions for 23 months to build the mountain pass. Clergy were persecuted and sent to concentration camps, and religious Orders had their properties seized. On 29 May, Marko Selin, Chief of the Celje OZNA, reported that a total of 252 prisoners were executed in the Celje district during May 1945. The history of the Jews in Slovenia and areas connected with it goes back to the times of Ancient Rome. All together it is estimated that of the 1,500 Jews in Slovenia in 1939, only 200 managed to survive, meaning 87% were exterminated by the Nazis, among the highest rates in Europe.[17]. Map of Concentration Camps in Hungary & Slovakia Following the German occupation of Hungary, almost the entire Jewish population of the Prekmurje region was deported to Auschwitz. Later they received one meal daily and from 5 June two meals daily. Nedopustno? A memorial park designed by Slovenian architect Marko Mui was built on the site of the camp in 2004, where an annual ceremony is held by the Government of Slovenia. 75th Anniversary of Liberation of Ljubelj, the Only Concentration Camp
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