Škemljevec () is a small settlement in the
Municipality of Metlika in the
White Carniola
White Carniola ( sl, Bela krajina; german: Weißkrain or ''Weiße Mark'') is a traditional region in southeastern Slovenia on the border with Croatia. Due to its smallness, it is often considered a subunit of the broader Lower Carniola region, alth ...
area of southeastern
Slovenia
Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...
. The area is part of the traditional region of
Lower Carniola and is now included in the
Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.
Mass grave
Škemljevec is the site of a
mass grave from the Second World War. The Klemenca Mass Grave ( sl, Grobišče Klemenca) is located in a shaft southwest of the village. It contains the remains of six local Slovene civilians that were accused of sympathizing with anti-communist forces. The
Partisans threw the victims into the cave, and the local people then dumped
loam
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and rocks into the cave and sealed the entrance.
References
External links
Škemljevec on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Metlika
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