43 Archives - Contested Histories https://contestedhistories.org/tag/43/ Practical remedies to disputes over historical markers in public spaces Tue, 30 Sep 2025 12:12:29 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://contestedhistories.org/wp-content/uploads/cropped-CH_Symbol_Light_Bkg@10x-32x32.png 43 Archives - Contested Histories https://contestedhistories.org/tag/43/ 32 32 Marshal Konev Statue in Prague https://contestedhistories.org/resources/case-studies/marshal-konev-statue-in-prague?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=marshal-konev-statue-in-prague Mon, 15 Dec 2025 12:12:03 +0000 https://contestedhistories.org/resources// In the Spring of 2020, the Prague 6 Municipality removed the monument to Marshal Konev from Náměstí Interbrigády (International Brigade Square). The statue had a long history of contestation and was eventually removed in 2020 following a successful petition campaign the previous year. During these thirty years, many actors played a role in its fate, […]

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]]> In the Spring of 2020, the Prague 6 Municipality removed the monument to Marshal Konev from Náměstí Interbrigády (International Brigade Square). The statue had a long history of contestation and was eventually removed in 2020 following a successful petition campaign the previous year. During these thirty years, many actors played a role in its fate, from civil and private citizens to high-ranking government officials in both the Czech Republic and other former socialist countries. The statue’s removal represents the culmination of a struggle between two readings of Konev: one that portrays him as a liberator from Nazi occupation and another that focuses on his involvement in communist-era control and repression. This case illustrates how contemporary Czech society reconciles with its Socialist and Soviet-era political heritage in juxtaposition to its current alliance with the West, and how a local symbolic and historic contested history can influence diplomatic relations.

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]]> Marshal Tito Square in Zagreb https://contestedhistories.org/resources/case-studies/marshal-tito-square-in-zagreb?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=marshal-tito-square-in-zagreb Sun, 02 Jun 2024 22:00:00 +0000 https://contestedhistories.org/resources// The Republic of Croatia Square in Zagreb has been renamed numerous times since the 20th century. Although its geographical place name sometimes referred to it, it was most well-known as the Square of Marshal Josip Broz Tito, the leader of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. After Croatia’s independence in 1991, the perception of the […]

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]]> The Republic of Croatia Square in Zagreb has been renamed numerous times since the 20th century. Although its geographical place name sometimes referred to it, it was most well-known as the Square of Marshal Josip Broz Tito, the leader of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. After Croatia’s independence in 1991, the perception of the communist era and Tito’s legacy began to change and aroused controversy. Since 2006, the group Circle for the Square has organised regular protests to urge city officials to rename it. In 2017, Milan Bandić, the former mayor of Zagreb, promised to conduct a referendum on the issue. However, shortly after this proposition, he agreed to rename the square as a part of a political compromise with the right-wing party, Independents for Croatia, sparking a major controversy.

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