April 30th of 1944 We go back to wartime 1944. It’s spring, April 30th, Sunday lunch time. The village of Lipa, as well as the entire Liburnian Karst area is under German occupation within the Operational Zone of the Adriatic Littoral. Together with the occupational...
Branko Simčić (b. 1925) – About his duties in the 1st Istrian military company on the day of tragedy April 30 1944. http://ppmhp.hr/dokumenti/media/Branko_Simcic_-_O_duznostima_u_1_istarskoj_ceti_na_dan_stradanja_30_travnja_1944.wav Florijan Šlosar (b. 1930) – About...
House number 1, Family Simčić - Hurovi: Josip Simčić 1870., Marija Simčić 1871. House number 2, Family Simčić - Trojkini: Pepa Simčić, 1872. Anton Simčić 1884. House number 5, Family Simčić - Anušićevi: Ivanka Simčić 1914., Stanko Simčić 1936., Branko Simčić 1938.,...
With the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy in 1919, the region of Liburnian Karst became part of the Kingdom of Italy and, as part of the same Kingdom, awaited the beginning of World War II. With the capitulation of Italy in September 1943, the Germans...
We follow traces of the first inhabitants od the Liburnian Karst, Liburnians and the Romans, on the archeological sites such as forts (Pasjak and Šapjane) and caves (Loza 1 and Loza 2). Prehistoric and ancient pottery shards, as testimonies of private life of the...
"Nismo Ćići ni Brkini, mi smo jušto na kunfini" - permanent exhibition of the ethnographic heritage of the Liburnian Karst With the suffering on the April 30, 1944, Lipa lost the material basis of traditional living, and thus a part of its identity. The...
Lipa pamti 30. travnja 1944. Authors: Ivan Kovačić, Vinko Šepić Čiškin, Danica Maljavac Editors: Naklada Kvarner, Općina Matulji, UABA Liburnije, SABA Primorsko-goranske županije No of pages: 216 Year of publishing: 2014. Language: Croatian ISBN 978-953-7773-27-4...
Guided tours The Centre offers guided tours for visiting groups with prior notice. History class For elementary school and high school students the Centre organizes History classes with focus on the tragedy of Lipa in the broader context of World War II. Besides the...
The Memorial Centre's permanent exhibition conceptually follows the exhibiton of the former Memorial Museum (from 1968 until 1989) with the aim of keeping museographic continuity. The old permanent exhibition generated as result of collaboration between Boško Končar...
The Memorial Centre Lipa Remembers opened in April 2015 on site of the former memorial museum in Lipa which functioned from 1968 up to 1989. By restoring the museum one also restores the heavy burden of Lipa's history, a village that on April 30th 1944, in just...