Historic Maps
1975 Yugoslav WWII Monuments Tourist Map
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The above navigable image shows the 1975 map published in Yugoslavia that depicts the memorials (spomeniks) which were dedicated to the People's Liberation Struggle against fascist aggression and occupation during WWII. This map scan was graciously provided to me courtesy of Jan Kempanaers. The most notable monuments are represented on the map with small hand-drawn icons, while smaller sites are depicted with more general icons. Although this map does not provide the location of ALL spomeniks across Yugoslavia, as many were built after 1975 and not every single site is included, it does give a good idea of the vast amount of spomeniks spread across Yugoslav landscape, as well as giving us an idea of their varied shapes and sizes. This particular map is unquestionably the most comprehensive and most famous of all the touristic spomenik maps published during the Yugoslav-era. In fact, it is of such cultural importance that an original copy of the map was featured as part of the 2018 exhibition on Yugoslav architecture and design at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. The legend for this map, situated in the upper right-hand corner of the image, is translated here:
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Situated above the legend on the map there is a description of the map's publishing details, including information about the map's creators and designers. This part of the map is translated as:
A Selection of Memorials
to World War II
Scale - 1:1300000
Map Prepared by:
Professor Branko Božić
Professor Milenko Patvokić
Professor Dušan Plećaš
Editor in chief:
Professor Branko Božić
Professional associates and reviewers:
Dr. Smail Tihić
Dr. Ivan Komelj
Professor Razumenka Popović
Professor Đordi Trajkovski
Dr. Stanko Popović
Dr. Nadežda Katanić
Professor Todor Gruev
Cartography and design by:
Cartographer Ivan Gradišer
Map created by:
Professor Zdravko Prelčec
Cartographer Stjepan Uhernik
Professor Đorđe Gajdašević
For Publishing:
Vladamir Čiček
Publishers:
NIP "Štampa"
OOUR "Voice of Slavonia"
Osijek
1975
Printing:
Croatian Bureau of Design