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Contested Memory
Partisans in Carinthia and Beyond
11.09.2026
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Date
11.09.2026
Time
5pm
Presented by
Institute for Art in Public Space Styria
Meeting point
Griesgasse 40, 8020 Graz
With
Reinhard Braun, Peter Pirker, Helena Verdel, Heimo Halbrainer and Ljiljana Radonić
Costs
free
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No registration required, limited seating
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Event
How is antifascist resistance remembered – and why does this memory remain contested? Through short presentations and discussions, the event will explore Carinthian partisans, the Antifascist Women’s Front, partisans in Styria, and different forms of remembering, suppressing, and politically contesting history.
15-minute presentations and discussions with
Reinhard Braun: ... treating facts as if they were merely matters of opinion. (The title quotes Hannah Arendt, 1949)
Starting from selected partisan memorials, a mosaic of oppression, denial, suppression, and remembrance will be assembled.
Peter Pirker: On the historical significance of the Carinthian partisans
Helena Verdel: On the significance of the Antifascist Women’s Front
Heimo Halbrainer: Carinthian partisans in Styria
Ljiljana Radonić: Negotiating forms of remembrance – competing victim narratives and conflicts over historical politics
From 7 pm
Markus Gönitzer and Sanja Horvatinčić (english)
Remembering Resistance: Memory Politics, Antifascist Museums, and Partisan Art in Croatia and Carinthia