Ivan Mrak, Žvajga

The Savinjska četa had set up camp at the edge of the forest above the pass, in order to surrender. The fighters were lively chatting while cleaning their weapons. Suddenly, they heard a shot from a pistol and saw the captured fighter Ivan Mrak lying dead. Not suspecting anything bad, he had received a bullet in the heart. For a moment, no one knew what had happened. Meanwhile, some of the fighters saw how pale Vlado Letonja, the younger brother of the commander, wanted to take his own life. In the last moment, they pulled the pistol from his hands.

Vlado had the pistol in his hands during the conversation and was looking at it. At that moment, he was inattentive, a lively debate among the fighters took over, and by accident, the pistol discharged.

The unintentional killer was greatly affected by the accident and would have killed himself, had they not prevented him. "From now on, you will have to fight for two!" was the order from the party to the comrade, and Letonja indeed fought bravely until his death. The brave communist, Ivan Mrak, was the first victim in the Savinjska četa.

Rado Zakonjšek, Štajerska 1941, Ludvik Zupanc- Ivo, Attack on the Zabukovico mine.