Slovenian Female Inmates in Nazi Concentration Camps, opening of a travelling documentary exhibition and a memorial ceremony. The keynote speaker at the event will be MEP Matjaž Nemec. The exhibition will be on display from 7 February to September 2025.
During World War II, around 21,000 camp inmates were deported from the current Slovenian territory to the concentration camps of the Third Reich. Among them, it is estimated that about a quarter were women, most of whom were interned in the Nazi concentration camps in Ravensbrück and Auschwitz. The exhibition, prepared by Boris Hajdinjak (Center of Jewish Cultural Heritage Synagogue Maribor) and dr. Monika Kokalj Kočevar (National Museum Of Contemporary History Of Slovenia), tells the story of the tragic fate of Slovenian camp women, many of whom did not survive. The exhibition was premiered in 2024 at the National Museum Of Contemporary History Of Slovenia.
