The thesis aims to present the Memorial monuments of the NOB1 in Rijeka and its region, also known as the NOB monuments or the Revolution monuments, in Rijeka and its broader area. The analized monuments depict, and also celebrate, actions and, in the end, the victory of NOB during and after World War II. They stand in time as a collective memory against fascism in the areas of Rijeka and Sušak. In the thesis the monuments are represented in chronoglogical order. The processes of acquiring sculptures, busts and memorial plaques, as well as their production are described in the thesis. The analized representation is an insight of social valorization and understanting of monuments in Rijekas area, and put in the broader context of the memorial monuments in postwar Croatia. The monuments are presented collectively, but some monuments and their authors are elaborately described, due to their significance, preservation or amply stored literature. The thesis also presents the stylistic features, as well as the symbolic, utilitarian and estethic characteristic of the monuments of the NOB in Rijeka. A very important notes emerged from this research - a significance this monuments hold in society, culture and politics in present day Rijeka, and meanings of their preservation. The main goal of this thesis is to present the significance of the NOB monuments in Rijeka, as places of commemorating suffering, and in the end the victory of people of Rijeka against the terror of facism.