Upper Town, Matjaž family

Ivanna Matjaž. Sistory. date of birth: 27. 4. 1916, place of birth: Lenart pri Gornjem Gradu, military status: Civilian, date of death: 25. 9. 1944, place of death: Preseka, country of burial: Slovenia, cause of death: Victim of bombing, perpetrator of death: German (occupying) units

Ivanka Matjaž. Sistory. date of birth: 28. 5. 1937, place of birth: Dol, military status: Civilian, date of death: 25. 9. 1944, place of death: Preseka, country of burial: Slovenia, cause of death: Victim of bombing, perpetrator of death: German (occupying) units

Jožefa Matjaž. Sistory. date of birth: 5. 5. 1938, place of birth: Dol, military status: Civilian, date of death: 25. 9. 1944, place of death: Preseka, country of burial: Slovenia, cause of death: Victim of bombing, perpetrator of death: German (occupying) units

Marija Matjaž. Sistory. date of birth: 28. 1. 1940, place of birth: Dol, military status: Civilian, date of death: 25. 9. 1944, place of death: Preseka, country of burial: Slovenia, cause of death: Victim of bombing, perpetrator of death: German (occupying) units

Franc Matjaž. Sistory. date of birth: 16. 12. 1941, place of birth: Dol, military status: Civilian, date of death: 25. 9. 1944, place of death: Preseka, country of burial: Slovenia, cause of death: Victim of bombing, perpetrator of death: German (occupying) units

Photo: Ivana, Ivanka, Pepca, Marija, Franc, Geneanet, Cemetery Gornji Grad, p. 24.

Note: The date of the attack on the memorial stone (21. 9. 1944) differs from that in Sistory (25. 9. 1944).

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• Matjaž Ivana, born Ugovšek 16. 4. 1916 in G. Gradu-Lenart, farmer in Dolu-Nova Štifta, was killed on 21 September 1944 during the German bombing of Preseka, mother of four children
• Matjaž children: Ivanka, born 28. 5. 1937 Jožefa, born 5. 5. 1938 Marija, born 28. 1. 1940 Franc, born 16. 12. 1941, all killed on 21. 9. 1944 during the bombing»

Zoran Tratnik, Gornji Grad during World War II, Zbornik, Celje: Museum of Contemporary History, 2000 p. 178.