Brda - Memorial to the fallen soldiers at Milharjev Vrt

Immediately after the capitulation of Italy, already in October 1943, units of Nazi Germany launched a large offensive in the Senožec area and its surroundings. The aim was to destroy the main part of the IX Corps. During this offensive, thirteen fighters fell in the area of Dolenje Vasi and Brd. One of them was Franc Gustinčič from Senožec, the others were from various places "of our homeland". According to literature, thirteen fighters are said to have fallen in total, but the monument lists fourteen fallen. At the place where they fell, the Union of Fighters of the NOV Senožec unveiled a monument on 2 June 1983. At that time, the fighters were no longer lying in the Milharjev Vrt, as this area is called, because they had already been exhumed in 1953 and transferred to the Senožec cemetery. There, a memorial was set up, which was later also restored.

Literature:

»Restored NOV monument on the cemetery in Senožec.« In: Sila spomina: Senožec, Štjak, Vrabče 1965-1991, edited by Lea Franetič et al., p. 442. Nova Gorica: Branko, 2015.

Savnik, Roman, editor. Senožec in the battle and construction. The history and present of the Senožec region. Senožec: Local Committee of the NOV, 1967.

Photograph: E. Franetič, October 2016.