Grave on the slopes of Šmarne Hill "Na peskah"

A memorial stone in the shape of a wooden sign is placed on the grave. The grave area is marked with a stone frame.

The inscription on the memorial is dedicated to Željko Toni-Rajko, who fell on 12th October 1944.

Nearby is a wooden sign from the 17th century.

Guide through partisan trails, Ljubljana: Borec, 1978, p. 58.

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On the slope of Šmarne Mountain near Peske is the grave of the partisan Željko Toni-Rajko. A memorial in the shape of a sign stands by the grave, which was placed by his wife and son in the summer of 1946.

Željko Toni-Rajko was born on 3rd September 1912 in Utik near Vodice. During the war, he worked for a short time as a German soldier, secretly operating for OF in Medvode. He joined the partisans in December 1943, where he worked as an informant. In autumn 1944, he was assigned to a new post on the Primorsko. On 12th October 1944, just before leaving, Toni stayed with five partisans and activists in the camp 'Peske' on Šmarne Mountain. Around midday, Germans and home guards approached them and surrounded them in a pincer formation. They probably followed a courier returning to the shelter. In the battle, Željko Toni and the partisan Ivanka Bergant fell. Ivanka Bergant, a member of the regional committee of SKOJ Smlednik, and the wounded member of the regional committee of SKOJ Smlednik, Stanka Jamnika-Boga were captured. Vera Mrhar and Karel Notar-Kovač were also wounded, but they managed to escape and were taken by the partisans to the partisan hospital Franja on the Primorsko.

(Miglič Gozdana, Spomin je moč, Memorials of the revolution in the municipality of Ljubljana-Šiška, Ljubljana: OK SZDL Ljubljana-Šiška, 1985, p. 88)

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TONI Željko-Rajko, born on 3rd September 1912 in Utik, was killed by Germans and home guards on Šmarne Mountain near the camp on 'Peske'. At that time, Toni and Ivanka Bergant were killed.

Source: Spomin je moč, ZZB Ljubljana Šiška, p. 88.

Silvo Grgič, Crimes of collaborators of the occupiers, 2nd book, The murdered activists and sympathizers of the Liberation Front and others Slovenes, Ljubljana: Association of historians of NOB Slovenia, 1997, p. 353.

Sistory states: Name and surname: Željko Toni, Father: Franc, Mother: Marija, Mother's surname: Petač, Date of birth: 03.02.1912, Place of birth: Utik, Vodice, Place of residence: Šmartno pod Šmarno goro, Marital status: married, Occupation (social status): tailor's assistant DEATH INFORMATION, Date of death / disappearance: 12,10.1944, Place of death / disappearance: Zavrh pod Šmarno goro, Place of burial: Šmarna g./Peske, Country of burial: Slovenia