Exhibition "Terror and Suffering in Belgrade during World War II", authored by Dr. Rade Ristanović, will be opened tomorrow, February 16th, at Kuslev's House, at 19 pm, announced the Museum and Gallery of Podgorica.
The exhibition by Dr. Rade Ristanović, senior research associate at the Institute of Contemporary History, was created to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Belgrade from German occupation in World War II (1941-1945).
"The exhibition, produced by the Museum of Genocide Victims, aims to highlight the scope, intensity and various forms of suffering in Belgrade during the war years. Through biographies of victims, as well as criminals, quotes from primary historical sources and memoir testimonies, the author sought to bring the suffering and crimes committed in Belgrade as authentically as possible to visitors," the statement said.
The Public Institution Museums and Galleries of Podgorica add that this exhibition provides a comprehensive overview of the war events in occupied Belgrade, the struggle of its inhabitants for freedom, as well as the suffering of the civilian population towards whom the German occupier showed not a shred of mercy.
"Special attention is paid to the suffering of civilians in concentration camps and death camps in Banjica, Staro sajmište, Topovski šupe, as well as at the execution site in Jajinci. In addition to the crimes committed by the German occupiers, the exhibition also depicts the devastating Allied bombing of Belgrade in 1944, as well as the act of liberating the city on October 20, 1944," it was announced.
Dr. Rade Ristanović, senior research associate at the Institute of Contemporary History, is the author of four monographs, dozens of scientific papers, and the winner of numerous awards in the fields of science and culture.
The catalogue publication "Terror and Suffering in Belgrade during the Second World War" was shortlisted last year for the ICOM Award in the "Publication of the Year" category.
The realization of the exhibition was supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Serbia and the Foundation of the Museum of Genocide Victims.
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