Memorial service held for WWII reprisal killings victims

Rovte, 21 August - A mass and a memorial service were held in Rovte near Logatec on Sunday to commemorate victims killed in Communist reprisals after WWII. The keynote speaker, France Cukjati of the Assembly of the Republic, said it was right to "pay respects to the defenders of their homes, who paid for their courage with their lives".

Rovte
Monument to the victims of post-war killings in front of the parish church in Rovte.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA
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