Slivniško Pohorje () is a settlement in the

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Hills south of

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in northeastern

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. It lies in the

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, part of the traditional region of

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. The municipality is now included in the

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Mass graves

Slivniško Pohorje is the site of five known

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from the period immediately after the Second World War. They all contain the remains of a large number of civilians of various nationalities and prisoners of war transported to the Pohorje Hills and murdered in May and June 1945. The Slivniško Pohorje Mass Grave () is located in the ravine of a tributary of Polana Creek (), a few dozen meters below the turnoff for the Plahutnik farm (Slivniško Pohorje no. 8). Four additional mass graves lie along the main road in the western part of the settlement. The Lebe Clearing 1–3 mass graves () are clustered together north of the road. The Raščenek Beeches Mass Grave () lies south of the road.

References

External links

Slivniško Pohorje on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Hoče-Slivnica {{HočeSlivnica-geo-stub