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Slovenia, commemoration for victims of massacres after WWII
In the mine there should be between 2,000 and 3,000 bodies
15 June, 13:07
(ANSA) - LJUBLJANA - Near the mine of Santa Barbara at Huda
jama (not far from Lasko) a commemoration took place yesterday,
as a tribute to the victims of the massacres perpetrated by the
Yugoslav regime immediately after the end of World War II, 70
years ago.
Among the casualties are mostly those people who, having been part of the teams who had fought a civil war against the partisans with the support of the Germans, or having been opponents to the new regime, were sentenced to death after summary trials.
The commemoration was organized by the 'Association for the arrangement of unspoken graves', with a memorial Mass, celebrated by Slovenian Bishop Stanislav Lipovsek, along with Croatian Bishop Mile Bogovic and prior Edmund Rudolf Wagenhofer.
According to historians, in the bowels of the Santa Barbara mine there should be between 2,000 and 3,000 bodies of Slovenian, Croatian, Serbian and German victims. The mass grave was discovered in 2009 and the remains of 800 victims have been exhumed so far. The government has recently pledged an extra budget of around € 90 thousand for the arrangement of the remains and their burial. (ANSA).
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Among the casualties are mostly those people who, having been part of the teams who had fought a civil war against the partisans with the support of the Germans, or having been opponents to the new regime, were sentenced to death after summary trials.
The commemoration was organized by the 'Association for the arrangement of unspoken graves', with a memorial Mass, celebrated by Slovenian Bishop Stanislav Lipovsek, along with Croatian Bishop Mile Bogovic and prior Edmund Rudolf Wagenhofer.
According to historians, in the bowels of the Santa Barbara mine there should be between 2,000 and 3,000 bodies of Slovenian, Croatian, Serbian and German victims. The mass grave was discovered in 2009 and the remains of 800 victims have been exhumed so far. The government has recently pledged an extra budget of around € 90 thousand for the arrangement of the remains and their burial. (ANSA).
