Dolenje Gradišče - Slava padlim za ljudsko revolucijo

284 cm high memorial, which was unveiled on 14.10.1962[1] and for this purpose the ceremony of the unveiling of the memorial to the fallen took place, containing engraved names of 10 local fallen fighters[2] 9[3] victims and a inscription in memory of an unknown Russian partisan four fighters of the Italian Fontanot brigade, three fighters of the XV. coastal brigade and three unknown partisans who fell in the area Orehovice.[4] The memorial was erected by the local organisation ZB (Union of fighters) from Orehovice and Čadraž[5], the design of which was made by Jože Zamljen – Drejče, who also unveiled the memorial.

[1] Jakopič, Albert, ed. Vodnik po partizanskih poteh. Ljubljana: Založba borec, 1978.

[2] «Lepa slavnost na Gradišču.» Dolenjski List 18. October 1962, 1.

[3] Kušljan, Elizabeta ed. Šepet časa: zbornik memorials and commemorative sites in the municipality of Šentjernej. Šentjernej: Local committee of the union of fighter associations and participants NOV, 2002, p. 23.

[4] «Lepa slavnost..», 1.

[5] In the collection Šepet časa the memorial's builder is listed only as KO ZB NOV Orehovica.

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