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Soon after the liberation of Venezia Giulia in May 1945, several arrests took part in the big city centres of the region, especially in Trieste and Gorizia. The representatives of the local Yugoslav authorities arrested numerous persons, among which there were prisoners of war, collaborators, people suspected of war crimes, political suspects and those who violated the Yugoslav occupation policy during the 42 days of their rule in the region. When it was clear that Yugoslavia would be forced to withdraw its troops from the territory, several people were relocated - today, those events are known as deportations. In the article, the author argues that this term is used incorrectly, since it does not correspond to the events from the historical or terminological point of view. Nowadays, these events are commemorated by two monuments in the Gorizia Park of Remembrance. The first was inaugurated in I960, followed by the second in I985/86. The latter, the lapidary that bears the names of the 665 people allegedly deported from Gorizia, is historically much more disputed. The author of the article argues that the inscription on the lapidary is historically incorrect. However, so far this has not been argued by historians, who consider the lapidary the second carrier of Gorizia's (Italian) identity, but do not question its historical adequacy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]