Bronze sculpture of the Ribnica partisan family, Ribnica

The memorial stands on a stone square on Gallusov Beach, in front of the entrance to the castle in the center of Ribnica. In some somewhat older records, it also appears under the name Liberation Memorial. It is the work of sculptor Janez Boljk, was unveiled in 1959, and stands on a low wall base. The bronze sculpture of a man, woman, and child represents a Ribnica partisan family. The father, depicted with a rifle, symbolizes the defense of his family amid the horrors of wartime. In the boy's hands, we can also see a sieve, as a symbol of "dry goods," which is the most characteristic craft of the Ribnica Valley.

In the castle, in front of which the memorial stands, there was a partisan hospital after the capitulation of Italy. It operated after September 10, 1943, when the Italian army surrendered its weapons and left Ribnica, and approximately until the end of October of the same year.

Sources: Liška, Janko, ed. Jelenov Žleb. Ljubljana: Založba ČZDO Komunist, 1983

Image sources:

http://spomeniki.blogspot.si/2012/11/ribnica-bronasta-skulptura-ribniska.html

Inventory number: 22483 memorial heritage