Gornji Vrsnik, Partizansko grobišče ob cerkvi

The cemetery has a monument: a stone obelisk with an engraved inscription. The rest of the cemetery consists of three common graves with the names of the buried and three commemorative plaques with the names of the local residents who fell in the NOV or died in internment. The author is Ivo Prelovec.

Based on the dates of death on the tombstones, it is possible to conclude that the following are buried here:

8 partisans who fell on 15.11.1943 at the beginning of the severe German offensive "Traufe". At that time, the Gradnik Brigade was defending positions in this area.

29 partisans who fell on 11.4.1944 during the German operation "Renate", with which the Germans aimed to encircle partisan units in this area and destroy them. At that time, the XXX. Division and its Kosovel Brigade in Ledinah and Vrsnik suffered a severe defeat, likely the worst since its formation.

2 fighters who died between 1943-44

14 local residents from the vicinity of Vrsnik who fell in the NOV or died in internment between 1943-45.

Date of discovery: 8.10.1961, finally completed 12.11.1967

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