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who departed from yugoslavia
"When I returned to Slovenia, I visited my home town of Jesenice. I saw my first home and all these memories came flooding in. The address plate was about to come off, just hanging there, and so I collected it. It is the identical format to those made under Communist/Socialist Slovenia, with the street name and number in white on a red background."
Stephanie Jakovac

Meet Stephanie Jakovac and see the Communist-style address plate from her first home in Slovenia.
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"The watch has my father's initials engraved on the back - JD. It was recovered after WW2, then kept safely during the Communist takeover and brought to Australia in 1976. The watch still works!"
Paul Drexler

Meet Paul Drexler and see his father’s fob-watch from Slovakia. Continue reading →



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