Cegelnica - House Cegelnica 16

DESCRIPTION OF THE MONUMENT:

The memorial plaque is 64 cm x 40 cm in size and is embedded in the façade of Fister's house on Cegelnica.

DESCRIPTION OF THE EVENT:

Miha Fister, born on 25 September 1918, was a factory worker and barely 20 years old when he joined the Communist Party of Yugoslavia before the outbreak of the war. With his two brothers, he entered the 1st Kranjska Detachment on 26 July 1941 among the first. He was a brave fighter in Cankar's Battalion and an assistant machine gunner of Bička. He fell in combat with the Germans on Mošenjska Planina on 13 January 1942.

Vinko Rejc, born on 21 April 1913, was a shoemaker's assistant from Strahinja. He entered the partizan ranks among the first, specifically on 26 July 1941 in the 1st Kranjska Detachment. As a fighter in Gubčev's Brigade, he fell on 31 January 1942 near Kostanjevica in Dolenjska.

SOURCES: Union of Associations of Fighters of the National Liberation Army and Partisan Movement of the Slovene People's Republic 1975, Memorials of the Partisan Movement in the Municipality of Kranj, p. 118.

EŠD: 5151

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The memorial was unveiled by the local committee of ZB Naklo on 26 July 1964.