Heroj Jože Slak, Dobrnič

Born 26 Aug 1902 in Gornji Vrh near Dobrnič, died 26 Feb 1943 in Dolenja Straža. In Novo Mesto he completed secondary school and a commercial school, and worked for the Zadružna zveza and OUZD in Ljubljana. At first he belonged to the Krekov Christian-socialist youth. Later he was accepted into the KPS and SKOJ and was sentenced to one year in prison due to his revolutionary activities. After the collapse of the old Yugoslavia he was released from prison, organized a people's liberation movement in Dobrnič, was wounded in a clash with an Italian patrol and then committed suicide. In 1951 he was declared a hero.

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https://www.obrazislovenskihpokrajin.si/oseba/slak-joze-silvo/

See Description on the inscription at the place of death: Straža, near the house on Novomeška cesta 6