Celje, Spomenik Vojna in mir

Memorial War and Peace is the work of academic sculptor Jakob Savinšek.

It is a powerful stone block, to which bronze relief figures are attached, telling us about war and its horrors, as well as about peace, which makes sense of the efforts and sacrifices.

The monument was unveiled on April 30, 1958.

In the Register of Cultural Heritage, this location is named Memorial and Tomb of National Heroes and has the number

EŠD 4268

Alongside the memorial War and Peace, there was also the Tomb of National Heroes, which was designed by architect Emil Navinšek (also in 1958). In it were buried the national heroes: Dušan Kraigher-Jug, member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Slovenia for Styria Franc Leskošek - Luka Ivan Kovačič-Efenka, former commander of the 14th Division and generalmajor Franc Rojšek-Jaka, former commander of the 18th Division. Here were also buried Vera Šlander-Lojzka, secretary of the Central Committee of the League of Yugoslav Communists for Styria and Mica Šlander-Marinko, member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Slovenia. The names were inscribed on the tombstone.

In 2025, the tomb no longer exists. It is only remembered by an entry in the Register of Cultural Heritage, a few old photographs on the internet, and a difference in the structure of the pavement where the tombstone once stood. The tomb was abandoned, and the remains of the deceased were moved to the Tomb of Fallen Fighters on the Golovec cemetery. When and how this happened, the enumerator does not know.

The memorial War and Peace has no dedication or inscription.

Source of old images: Vlado Gaberšek. Source of new images: Zdenka Primožič. Source of archival images: Kamra.