Curator: Katarina Jurjavčič
The Jakob Prešern Fonds was established in 1958, when the amateur photographer, a judge by profession, donated two photographic albums to the then Museum of National Liberation, a total of 404 photographs from World War II.
Despite the dangers of that time, Dr Jakob Prešern (Begunje na Gorenjskem, 9.7.1898–13.2.1975, Begunje na Gorenjskem) systematically photographed the first months of the Italian occupation of Ljubljana – the entry of the enemy army into the city, the military line-up, and the subsequent attempts by the army to successfully conquer the city.