We are planning a tour visiting the following places in Slovenia. Specific times and details to be provided. We will stay at tourist farms, making the trip quite inexpensive, and travel throughout Slovenia in mini busses. The tour begins in Slovenia, and will be conducted in English and Slovenian.
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Gorenjska–Upper Carniola Crngrob mass graves Skofja Loka castle tour and concentration camp; mass grave Begunje na Gorenjskum former women’s prison
Ljubljana Ljubljana police headquarters basement tour–former interrogation room Ljubljana Zale cemetery; monument to victims of revolutionary violence Presentations at the Study Center for National Reconciliation (SCNR) Brezarjev graben mass grave Sveti Urh–former headquarters of the Slovene Home Guard Museum of Contemporary History at Tivoli Park
Doleska–Lower Carniola Turjak Castle–last battle of the Slovene Village Guards Kocevski Rog: mass graves including Macesnova gorica and Jame pod Krenom. Will be guided by a forensic anthropologist working on site.
Brestanica Castle, former women’s prison for political prisoners
Pivka Military Museum. Meet with the Director and get an update on the US military’s investigation looking for missing US air pilots/bombers Visit Trieste Italy. See the former Rice factory and Nazi prison/concentration camp, and Bazovic caves
Route of the Slovene refugees fleeing Tito. We will drive the route beginning in Ljubljana, to Viktring Austria, Bleiburg Austria, to Maribor and Celje. Route to be guided by Nova Slovenska Zaveza.
Maribor Dobrova Cemetery Kidricevo death camp
Celje Teharje death camp and memorial Huda Jama mass grave
We will be guided by experts including anthropologists, historians and authors. We will also have several evening talks by experts on specific topics.
This tour will be conducted in conjunction with Tourism Slovenia, which will coordinate transportation, lodging, and most meals for the tour. https://tourismslovenia.eu
