Old Photos: Slovenia at the End of WW2

By , 05 May 2018, 13:45 PM Lifestyle
Partisans on snow patrol Partisans on snow patrol Edi Šelhaus

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In what may the last of the recent series of posts on Slovenia in WW2, at least for a while, this week’s trip to the archives has come back with some of the more striking images of the country near the end of the war and just after. All of these were taken in 1945, sourced from Wikimedia, and are in the public domain, with the photographer named if known.

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Partisans on patrol

 

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Captured German generals

 

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Captured German soldiers

 

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German soldiers and members of the Domobranci (Slovene Home Guard) leave Tržič

 

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Partisan soldiers in Primorske, after liberation

 

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Milos Pogacnik, a partisan, and his sisters

 

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A female brigade of partisans (with one man standing at the back)

 

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Refugees

 

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Refugees

 

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Refugees

 

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Maribor Main Square after liberation

 

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A truck full of young women after liberation

And, if curious, you can see an interactive map showing the sites of mass graves from the killings that took place immediately after the war here.

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