Grosuplje - Memorial to the Fallen

A larger, rectangularly arranged partisan cemetery with a memorial. Here rests 40 unknown fighters and activists of the Liberation Front (OF), who fell between 1941 and 1945 in the vicinity of Grosupljе, on it are also buried 15 well-known fighters and activists of the OF, as well as eight fighters and more prominent activists of the OF who died after the war.

The initiative for the placement of the memorial was given by the Local Committee of the Liberation Front (OF) of Grosupljе. It was arranged and unveiled on October 20, 1955, according to the designs of the architect Jakica Acceto. On the 40th anniversary of the liberation and victory over fascism, the Local Association of the Liberation Front (OF) of Grosupljе, in cooperation with the local community and socio-political organizations, unveiled in 1985 additional four granite plaques in memory of 51 deceased fighters, activists of the OF, and victims of fascist violence from the years 1941–1945 from the local community of Grosupljе.

In 1998, they also installed a bronze relief sculpture of the hero Jože Kadunc.

Memorial park is arranged. It was aesthetically planned and consists of a sculpture, a double memorial plaque, and of 22 lying stone blocks – gravestones – and three niches.

source: https://slov.si/doc/pomniki_grosuplje-1.pdf page: 33

Guide through partisan trails, Ljubljana: Borec Publishing House, 1978, page 108.

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