Grave of Fallen Fighters and Victims of Fascist Violence

At the entrance to the municipal cemetery, the tomb of 59 fallen fighters and victims of fascist violence from Tolmin and surrounding villages: Poljubinj, Ljubinj, Tolminske Ravne, Zadlaz—Čadrg, Volarje, Dolje, Gabrje, Zatolmin, Prapetno, Zadlaz—Žabče, Čadrg; arranged on 1.11.1953.

Kristina Veličkovič and Eva Leban were high school students at the Tolmin Gymnasium. During their holidays, they listened to their mother, the president of the municipal organization of ZB Tolmin, who complained about the high costs of restoring the memorial dedicated to the victims of World War II, and offered to do what they could. Every day, they spent several hours at the Tolmin cemetery restoring the inscription on the memorial to those who fell during the Liberation War in Tolmin and the surrounding area. The memorial has about a hundred names engraved on marble slabs, which had gradually faded. Their work was slow and painstaking, as the slabs had to be first cleaned, and then carefully and diligently filled in the depressions with special, weather-resistant markers. After a week of work, they completed the task and proudly took photographs in front of their work.

Svobodna beseda, 2017