Anica Černej (3 April 1900, in Čadram, Oplotnica – 3 May 1944, in

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) was a Slovene author and

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Career

Černej worked at college of education in

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, where her main interests were social and

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subjects.

Internment and death

In the autumn of 1943, she was arrested together with many professors and students by

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occupying

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and was sent to

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and later on

where she died shortly thereafter.

Career

Internment and death

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