2026 TOUR DATES: SEPTEMBER 28 – October 6, 2026
Day 1 Monday September 28
Check in to pri Marku, Crngrob 5
Dinner and evening meeting
Day 2 Tuesday September 29:
Crngrob mass graves holding Croat victims
Skofja Loka castle tour with expert guide
Visit Skofje Loka ossuary, holding mass grave victims
Begunje na Gorenskem, former Nazi and communist concentration camps
Stay in Crngrob
Day 3 Wednesday September 30:
Ljubljana: SCNR, city tour, prison, Museum, NUK bunker, UDBA offices and more. Expert guides: Renato Podbersic and Helena Janezic.
Evening speakers at Slovenska Matica: Inherited Trauma (Peter Hribar); Goli Otok political prison during communist Yugoslavia; a witness of the end of WWII in Ljubljana; communist concentration camps for women (Alenka Puhar)
Stay in Crngrob
Day 4 Thursday October 1:
Ljubljana: Celica Italian jail, Zale cemetery, Sentvid (Joze Kurincic), Sveti Urh (Donald Riendl), Šentjošt nad Horjulom, Orlov Home Guard cemetery.
Evening speakers at Slovenska Matica: mass graves update; discussion on using DNA to identify the victims of the mass graves. Expert speakers: Joze Dezman; Uros Kosir; Jernej Cernic
Stay in Crngrob
Day 5 Friday October 2:
Flight of the Refugees: Expert guide: Helena Jaklitsch. Ljubelj, Viktring, Bleiburg train station, church plaques, Dobrava, Tezno anti-tank ditch
Stay in Maribor
Day 6 Saturday October 3:
Ormoz, Kidricevic concentration camp for Gottschee civilians, Petricek, Celje, Huda Jama, Teharje
Stay in Celje
Day 7 Sunday October 4:
Turjak, Kocevski Rog; Expert guide: Uros Kosir, archaeologist
Drive to and stay in Trieste
Day 8 Monday October 5:
Trieste: Expert Guide: Ivo Jevnikar Coroneo Italian prison; Gestapo headquarters
Slovenian cultural institutions
Walking tour of Trieste: Home Guard posts (Ivo Jevnikar)
Stay in Trieste
Day 9 Tuesday October 6:
Trieste: San Sabba former Nazi concentration camp, Bazovica memorials
Drive to and stay in Ljubljana
Theme of evening talk: The Secret Underground Network 1941-1945 (Ivo Jevnikar; Maria Velikonja) .
Day 10, Wednesday October 7:
Tour over
Arrange shuttles to airport
Experts, including historians, archaeologists, researcher and journalists will guide us. We will also have several evening talks by experts on specific topics. The above is a draft schedule. More details will be added as the schedule is confirmed.
This tour will be conducted in conjunction with Tourism Slovenia, which will coordinate transportation, lodging, and most meals.
https://tourismslovenia.eu
Before coming on the tour, please view the following video to familiarize yourself with the issues and history of events.
Videos from the 2025 tours have been uploaded to the Slovenian Historical Tours youtube channel. or at http://www.youtube.com/@SlovenianHistoricalTours:
Sterntal Communist Concentration Camp
Kocevski Rog Macesnova Gorica Mass Grave
San Sabba Nazi Concentration Camp
Basovizza Memorial and Mass Grave, Trieste
Macesnova Mass Grave excavation
Photos and videos for the 2025 Tour:
Ameriški rojaki na temnih točkah slovenske zgodovine | Družina – vsak dan s teboj
Television coverage of tour in Trieste: https://www.rainews.it/tgr/fjk/video/2025/10/ameriski-slovenci-na-krajih-spomina-79d5f479-4c97-4518-8e2b-4a53f141aca6.html?nxtep&fbclid=IwY2xjawOfJNRleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFRUjc0ZEU0SEVZa01BdDd3c3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHmU8O_a0Cz0CL5hCmdGuvf22RNrbLOg7qM6EqBLZvPN3PQLBlzvxSii5iGDj_aem_YXEJEViK3AifgK_v_dBjmw
Television interview with Planet TV Ljubljana:
Press conference at conclusion of tour in Ljubljana: