BIZOVIK pri LJ - memorial to the fallen partisans

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The memorial is a granite plaque, a stela, measuring 120 x 100 x 12 cm, with engraved text. The plaque stands on a tiled surface measuring 0.5 x 2.5 m and is approximately 3 m away from a wooden structure - a kozolček - and about 3 m from a metal fence, which borders the parking area of the Sports Club Strmec in Bizovik, at the address Pot v Dolino 6o.

Originally, the memorial stood close to the stream on the edge of the parcel and was erected in 1982. In the spring of 2018, the tenant of the location moved it to the new (current and marked) location, without, using the pressure plates on the load-bearing tile surface.

Sistory states Name and surname: Alojzij Kastelic, Father: Jože, Mother: Marija Date of birth: 23. 06. 1915, Place of birth: Klanec pri Šmarju SAP, Place of residence: Škofljica, Date of death/disappearance: 09. 03. 1943, Place of death/disappearance: Bizovik, Place of burial: Škofljica.

»KASTELIC Lojze, partisan of Šercerjeve brigade.  Born on 23 June 1915 prometnik in Škofljica.

On 9 March 1943, members of MVAC in Bizovik killed partisan Lojzet Kastelic and Staneta Orla. After torture, they were tied and shot. Lojzet was also beaten to death with a pistol. […]

[Besedilo pod fotografijo Lojzeta Kastelica] Lojze Kastelic, partisan of Šercerjeve brigade. Members of MVAC from Bizovik caught him, tortured him, and shot him on 9 March 1943.« (Silvo Grgič, Zločini okupatorjevih sodelavcev 1. knjiga, Izven boja pobiti in na druge načine umorjeni, ranjeni in ujeti slovenski partizani, Novo mesto: Dolenjska založba, 1995, str. 118)

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Sistory states Name and surname: Stanislav Orel, Father: Ivan, Mother: Alojzija Date of birth: 14. 07. 1922, Place of birth: Mali Vrh, Place of residence: Mali Vrh, Date of death/disappearance: 9. 03. 1943, Place of death/disappearance: near Bizovik, Place of burial: Šmarje.

»OREL Stane, partisan of an undetermined unit. Born in 1916 on Mali Vrh near Škofljica, mizar.

On 9 March 1943, members of MVAC from Bizovik, among them were: S. B., A. S. A. J., F. J., and V. H. and S. E. and R. M., caught him at the same time as partisan Lojzet Kastelic, tortured him, and killed him in the forest above Bizovik.« (Silvo Grgič, Zločini okupatorjevih sodelavcev, 1. knjiga, Izven boja pobiti in na druge načine umorjeni, ranjeni in ujeti slovenski partizani, Novo mesto: Dolenjska založba, 1995, str. 157)