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Kozarišče
Kozarišče (, in older sources ''Kozaršče'', , ) is a village south of Stari Trg pri Ložu in the Municipality of Loška Dolina in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia. The area of the village extends south of the main settlement right to the Snežnik Plateau and to the border with Croatia. Snežnik Castle, a 13th-century castle, is located just southwest of the village. Church The local church in the settlement dates to the mid-16th century and is dedicated to Benedict of Nursia, Saint Benedict and belong to the Parish of Stari Trg pri Ložu. Mass graves Kozarišče is the site of two known Mass graves in Slovenia, mass graves associated with the Second World War. The Kozlovka Cave Mass Grave () is located in a spruce woods along the road from Kozarišče to Knežak. It is a deep shaft that contains the remains of Slovene anticommunist militia members. The Grobnica Mass Grave () is located in the forest southwest of the settlement. It contains an undetermined number of victi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mass Graves In Slovenia
Mass graves in Slovenia were created in Slovenia as the result of extrajudicial killings during and after the Second World War. These clandestine mass graves are also known as "concealed mass graves" () or "silenced mass graves" () because their existence was concealed under the communist regime from 1945 to 1990.Ferenc, Mitja, & Ksenija Kovačec-Naglič. 2005. ''Prikrito in očem zakrito: prikrita grobišča 60 let po koncu druge svetovne vojne''. Ljubljana: Muzej novejše zgodovine. Some of the sites, such as the mass graves in Maribor, include some of the largest mass graves in Europe. Nearly 600 such sites have been registered by the Commission on Concealed Mass Graves in Slovenia, containing the remains of up to 100,000 victims. They have been compared by the Slovenian historian Jože Dežman to the Killing Fields in Cambodia. Background Many of the mass graves were created during the war, but the larger sites date from after the war. The wartime graves vary from those ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
