Permanent Exhibitions
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| The German occupational forces formed the concentration camp on Banjica in July 1941. It was managed by the special SS unit (Sonderkommando beim KCL Banjica), with the help of police forces of the Serbian collaborative government. Since its foundation to 3rd-4th October 1944, over 24.000 Serbs, patriots, resistance movement members, hostages, but also Jews, Roma and citizens from 17 countries all over the world were imprisoned in the camp. The Museum is made of a few linked areas, which symbolically depict the universal topic of human suffering and tragedy. The Memorial Hall has a special place, which by its ambience of a camp cell and a list of victims emphasizes the atmosphere, and directly communicates to the Museum visitors. | Over 4.200 victims killed in Belgrade and its vicinity had been detained in the Banjica camp, while a few thousands of prisoners were deported to other concentration and labour camps over the occupied Europe, from the Norwegian north regions to Mauthauzen and Auschwitz. The Museum exhibition photographically displays facts from the camp history. Documents, posters and photos, together with the big model of the camp complex, create a frame within which saved prisoners’ personal belongings, genuine drawings sketches and handworks are depicted. |