Slavko Šlander,

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Aleš (20 June 1909 – 24 August 1941), was a Slovene

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, and people's hero. He was born in Dolenja Vas near Prebold,

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(now part of

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). Due to being executed by shooting in

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as a

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during

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, he was proclaimed a People's Hero of Yugoslavia on 25 October 1943. The 6th Slovene National Liberation Struggle Shock Brigade, established in 1943, and a neighborhood in Celje were named after him.

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* 1909 births 1941 deaths Yugoslav Partisans members Resistance members killed by Nazi Germany Recipients of the Order of the People's Hero Ethnic Slovene people Slovenian people executed by Nazi Germany Executed Slovenian people People executed by Nazi Germany by firearm People from the Municipality of Prebold Executed communists {{Europe-mil-bio-stub