Gallery: Eerie Eastern European War Memorials Look Like They're From Another Planet

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    Jan Kempenaers, 2009, Archival Inkjet on Paper

    *\#24 - Memorial to the fallen (Niksic, Montenegro)*
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    Spomenik #2 (Petrova Gora), Jan Kempenaers, 2006, Archival Inkjet on Paper

    *\#2 - Dedicated to the people of Kordun and Banija (Petrova Gora, Croatia)*
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    Spomenik #6 (Kozara), Jan Kempenaers, 2007, Archival Inkjet on Paper

    *\#6 - A memorial to the Battle of Kozara (Kozara, Bosnia and Herzegovina)*
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    Spomenik #13 (Korenica), Jan Kempenaers, 2007, Archival Inkjet on Paper

    *\#13 - Commemorating Yugoslavia's victory in World War II (Korenica, near the border between Croatia and Bosnia)*
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    Spomenik #16 (Tjentište), Jan Kempenaers, 2007, Archival Inkjet on Paper

    *\#16 -Commemorating the Battle of the Sutjeska between German and Partisan forces in 1943 (Tjentiste, Bosnia and Herzegovina)*
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    Spomenik #19 (Mitorvica), Jan Kempenaers, 2009, Archival Inkjet on Paper

    *\#19 - Memorial to the Serb and Albanian partisans (Mitrovica, Kosovo)*
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    Spomenik #18 (Kadinijača), Jan Kempenaers, 2009, Archival Inkjet on Paper

    *\#18 - Kadinijača*
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    Spomenik #1, Jan Kempenaers, (Podgarić), 2006, Archival Inkjet on Paper

    *\#1 - Honoring the revolution of the people of the region of Moslavina against German occupation (Podgaric, Croatia)*
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    Spomenik #15 (Makljen), Jan Kempenaers, 2007, Archival Inkjet on Paper

    *\#15 - The remains of the Makljen spomenik, honoring the Yugoslavian Partisans (near Bugojno, Bosnia and Herzegovina)*
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    Spomenik #11 (Niš), Jan Kempenaers, 2007, Archival Inkjet on Paper

    *\#11 - The fists-shaped Babanj monument, honoring fallen Yugoslavian fighters in World War II (near Niš, Serbia)*
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    Spomenik #10 (Sanski Most), Jan Kempenaers, 2007, Archival Inkjet on Paper

    *\#10 - A memorial marking the liberation of the town of Sanski Most in Bosnia and Herzegovina*
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    Spomenik #9 (Jasenovac), Jan Kempenaers, 2007, Archival Inkjet on Paper

    *\#9 - Dedicated to victims of the Jasenovac concentration camp (Jasenovac, Croatia)*
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