Museum of Hostages, Begunje na Gorenjskem

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Begunje, SI-4240 Begunje na Gorenjskem

http://www.muzeji-radovljica.si

muzeji.radovljiske.obcine@siol.net

Phone386 (0) 4 533 3790

ProprietorRadovljica Municipality Museums

Svetislav Kostov, Manager

Begunje Museum of Hostages was founded by the Municipality of Radovljica in 1961 and incorporated in the Radovljica Municipal Museums in 1963. It is housed in Katzenstein Mansion, which was owned by various nobles in the past. Before the Second World War it was a women's mental hospital managed by the Sisters of the Society of St Vincent of Paul. During the Nazi occupation from 1941 to 1945 it functioned as a Gestapo prison in which more than 12,000 people, including children, were imprisoned. Some of the former prison cells in the extension of the manor house have been converted into a memorial museum. The graveyard of hostages who lost their life here is located in the park and in nearby Draga Valley. The museum is an authentic monument to the horrors of war. In the castle park and in the nearby Draga Valley two cemeteries of hostages from the Begunje prison are arranged, featuring a monument by architect Edo Ravnikar and one by sculptor Boris Kalin.