Gorica pri Raztezu, Ašič Jože

Jožef Ašič. Sistory. date of birth: 27. 3. 1923, place of birth: Gorica, military status: NOV in POS, military unit, rank: Kozjanski odred, intelligence officer, date of death: 27. 9. 1944, place of death: Planina, place of burial: Gorica, cause of death: Accident, related to military events, cause of death: Self

«Jože Ašič [fotografija] son of Jožet, was born on 27th March 1923 in Gorica in a family of a middle farmer. After completing primary school, which he attended in Brestanica, he helped on the family estate. During the last war he was mobilized into the German army, but during his leave in December 1943, he joined the Kozjanski četi. After the establishment of the Kozjanski odred on 1st January 1944, he became its intelligence officer. In September 1944 he was seriously wounded by a gunshot on Planina and died on 27th September 1944 as a result of the accident. After the liberation, his remains were transported to the local cemetery in Gorica.»

Šribar Slavko, Škaler Stanko, Fallen in the fire of revolution, Krško: Zveza ZB NOV Občine Krško, 1971, p. 96.

Photograph: Jože Ašič Geneanet, Cemetery Gorica near Raztez, p. 3.