The Museum of National Liberation Maribor hosted the exhibition “They Expelled Us” at the National Museum Kraljevo in October 2024. The successful hosting led to the idea and agreement to also host the exhibition in Niš, specifically at the National Museum in Niš in the area of the Red Cross concentration camp.
The exhibition, which depicts the events at the beginning of the Second World War in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, was opened on April 10, 2025. The opening was attended by four representatives of the museum: the director Simona Tripkovič, the author of the exhibition Dr. Irena Mavrič Žižek, the curator educator Uroš Dokl, and the head of the technical service Zlatko Kresnik. The Slovenian delegation also included a representative of the Municipality of Maribor, namely the city councilor and president of the Culture Committee Davorka Pregl, and representatives of the Office for Culture and Youth, the head of the office Nina Kirbiš and Martina Kositer. This makes us very happy, as we are thus convinced that our founder supports our work. The opening was attended by high representatives of the city authorities from Niš, namely the Deputy Mayor of the City Municipality of Niš Vili Hadžić, the Assistant Director of the National Museum in Niš Marina Vlaisavljević, and representatives of the Palilula Municipality, councilor Predrag Petrović, Ivana Jocić Veselić, and Milan Nikolić. The president of the Slovenian Society France Prešeren in Niš, Ivica Gruden, also honored us with his presence. The opening was covered by numerous Serbian media outlets: Bellami, Kopernikus, Zona TV, and Boom 18.
The English translation is:
The curator from the National Museum in Niš, Ivana Gruden Milentijević, gave us an excellent and professional guided tour of the exhibitions at the Red Cross concentration camp. We also visited Bubanj, where numerous hostages were shot during the Second World War, and then we viewed the Mediana archaeological site and the unique Skull Tower (Čele kula).
We were received by representatives of the city authorities, namely the mayor and the representative for culture in the city council of the City Municipality of Niš, Ivana Cvetković.
