Remembrance and Comradeship: A Few Photos
05/15/2008
As Luka quite rightly pointed out, the green ring around Ljubljana is still called the “Path of Remembrance and Comradeship” (Pot spominov in tovarištva). It is a well-maintained gravel-paved recreational footpath running around the entire city through urban areas and the surrounding meadows and forests, along the course of the barb wire fence which surrounded Ljubljana during World War II (from 1942 onwards), when the Italian and later German occupying forces tried to prevent contacts between the city and its hinterland. The barb wire fence was guarded by around 1,300 soldiers and 400 policemen, who checked the identity papers of those travelling to and from the city.
Source and more info: Ljubljana City Website
Every year on 9 May or the Saturday closest thereto, numerous people of Ljubljana walk at least one of the stretches of the 35km hike around the city to celebrate the liberation of the city in 1945. Just as traditional is the race of teams of three runners. They have to run together and cross the finish line together. This marks the team spirit that helped the people of Ljubljana and the resistance forces outside the barb-wire ring make it through the toughest times.
Here are some random photos from the hike and race of 2008.
Binula said,
May 15, 2008 @ 10:11 am
Wooow! I will go next year 🙂
pengovsky said,
May 15, 2008 @ 8:41 pm
@Binula: You mean – you’ve never done it before? 😮
@dr.fil: Great pics… the one with troikas are the best, imho…
pengovsky said,
May 15, 2008 @ 8:44 pm
Oh, btw – imagine having to spend 1700 people on keeping one smallish city at bay in 1943… at the time Ljubljana was only sligtly bigger than Kranj is today and the occupators had to keep an entire batalion here just to man the fence…
dr.filomena said,
May 15, 2008 @ 9:07 pm
My personal favourite is the spiderman kid. Looks kinda like Kekec’s spirit is with him, if you know what I mean.
Dobra volja je najbolja! 😀
dr.filomena said,
May 15, 2008 @ 9:12 pm
Oh and yeah on the 1,700 troops keeping an eye on the barbed wire fence. Then again, the reputation of the Italian army did always lag far behind the reputation of the cunning Italian diplomacy.
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