Open AccessWWII MONUMENTS IN YUGOSLAVIA IN THE PRINTED MEDIA: BOOKS, TOURIST GUIDES AND A STICKER ALBUM – POPULARIZATION AND PROPAGANDA
Author(s) -
Nenad Lajbenšperger
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
facta universitatis. series: philosophy, sociology, psychology and history
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1820-8495
pISSN - 1820-8509
DOI - 10.22190/fupsph2002179l
Subject(s) - communism , victory , state (computer science) , diplomacy , popularity , world war ii , spanish civil war , tourism , ideology , sacrifice , art , law , ancient history , political science , media studies , history , classics , art history , politics , sociology , archaeology , algorithm , computer science
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 of the 1970s, printing of special tourist guides dedicated only to monuments and memorial complexes started. Because of the popularity of monuments, a sticker album was also printed. The intention behind printing such publications was to inform citizens about monuments, but there was also an ideological side to it. Through books about monuments, the state and the Communist party wanted to emphasize again Yugoslav war efforts and the sacrifice that was made during the war. They used it as a propaganda tool in youth education, foreign diplomacy and overall state propaganda about the role of Yugoslav partisans, under the leadership of the Communist party, in the victory against fascism.