The list of World War II monuments and memorials in North Macedonia represents monuments and memorials built on the territory of the present day

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The Yugoslav communist authorities established several memorial sites between 1945 and 1960, though widespread building started after the founding of the

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commissioned several memorial sites and monuments in the 1960s and 70s dedicated to World War II battle, and concentration camp sites. They were designed by notable sculptors, including

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, Miodrag Živković, Jordan and Iskra Grabul, and architects, including Bogdan Bogdanović, Gradimir Medaković. After Tito's death, a small number was built, and the monuments were popular visitor attractions in the 1980s as patriotic sites, and since the

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, the sites are abandoned and have lost their importance. The list houses monuments and memorials built between 1945 and 1991, and does not include busts or other statues of individuals ( see bottom).

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