Memorial in memory of the deportation of Carinthian Slovenians at Aichwaldsee/Dobniško jezero

On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the forced displacement of the Carinthian Slovenes, a monument designed by Valentin Oman was unveiled on April 15, 2022, in the municipality of Finkenstein/Bekštanj. It is located on a parking lot on the main street between the settlements of Latschach and Unteraichwald, offering a view of the Aichwaldsee lake, and was initiated by the local Slovenian cultural association Jepa-Baško jezero. In April 1942, without prior warning, 25 Carinthian-Slovenian families from the municipality of Finkenstein were taken from their homes and deported to forced labor camps after a stopover in Klagenfurt. Their names are inscribed on two black steles that rise upward from a base. Between them stands a white marble stele, broken at the top, with a metal sculpture by Valentin Oman.