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Mass Graves In Å kofja Loka
Mass graves in Å kofja Loka were created in Å kofja Loka, Slovenia during and after the Second World War. The Commission on Concealed Mass Graves in Slovenia has registered seven known Mass graves in Slovenia, mass graves in the city itself and an additional 20 in the Municipality of Å kofja Loka. Background The concealed mass graves in Å kofja Loka were created in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War, after British forces forcibly repatriated Slovene Home Guard, Home Guard soldiers that had fled to Austria to Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia from Bleiburg repatriations, camps in Bleiburg,Booker, Christopher. 1997. ''A Looking-Glass Tragedy. The Controversy over the Repatriations From Austria In 1945.'' London: Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd., p. 214. Lavamund, Rosenbach, Viktring (a district of Klagenfurt), and elsewhere. They are part of the mass graves associated with the nearby former Loka Castle prison, where Home Guard members and civilians that did ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Å kofja Loka
Škofja Loka (; ) is a town in Slovenia. It is the economic, cultural, educational, and administrative center of the Municipality of Škofja Loka in Upper Carniola. It has about 12,000 inhabitants. Geography Škofja Loka lies at an elevation of at the confluence of the Poljane Sora and the Selca Sora rivers, at the transition of the Sora Plain into the Škofja Loka Hills and the Polhov Gradec Hills. Its old center stands on river terraces, and comprises Town Square, Škofja Loka, Town Square (''Plac'') and Lower Square, Škofja Loka, Lower Square (''Lontrg''). On a plateau above the town stands Loka Castle, which houses the Loka Museum. Above the castle rises Krancelj Hill (). North of the town center is Kamnitnik Hill ( high), known for its conglomerate (geology), conglomerate rock. Immediately south of the town is a plain known as Viršk or Viršk Plain (), which the Poljane Sora flows through before joining the Selca Sora. The name ''Viršk'' is a corruption of German ''Hirsack ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |