Grave of the Fallen Soldiers of the 14th Division and Locals in Razbor

The settlement of Razbor (Upper and Lower) is stretched across the hilly terrain on the southern edge of the Slovenjgradsko basin. This is a long, more or less wide ridge, which represents a natural barrier between the Mislinjska and Šaleška valleys. The inhabitants demonstrated a strong Slovenian national consciousness during the War of National Liberation. Already on 16 April 1941, the Germans brought German flags to Razbor and abolished the Slovenian municipality. The place was named Rasswald. Soon afterwards, the aware inhabitants were taken to a collection camp in Šmartno, from where they were expelled to Serbia and Croatia. In 1942, many had to go to German camps. The people of Razbor were connected with partisan units and representatives of the OF throughout the entire war. In October 1944, all battalion staffs of Tomšičev and Bračičev brigades held a meeting in Razbor. On Thursday, 5 October, the fighters of Tomšičev brigade held a meeting in Razbor. Before the primary school, a large number of farmers, boys and girls gathered. They also lit bonfires and it was a happy time late into the night. On Friday, 6 October, the intelligence service reported that Velunski jarek was full of German soldiers. A larger enemy column was coming from Graška gore towards Rdečnik. Also from Slovenj Gradec, from Črna, German columns were moving towards partisan positions. The brigade was surrounded. The Germans first attacked with artillery and heavy mortars. From this encirclement, Tomšičev brigade, after a multi-hour battle and with many wounded, broke through towards Podgorje and further towards Pohorje. In these battles, 18 fighters fell. The locals call this battle "BLACK FRIDAY". The inhabitants buried the fallen on the village cemetery despite German threats.

In 1985, the people of Razbor built a tomb near the primary school, where they moved the remains of the fighters of Tomšičev brigade.

Source: Jože Potočnik, Memorials and Monuments from the War of National Liberation in the Municipality of Slovenj Gradec.

Monuments of Our Revolution, Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga, 1961, p. 229.

The designer of the monument were ing.arch. Branko Kocmut and ing.arch. Ivan Kocmut.

Addition: The memorial is in the shape of a pentagon and has a plate on each side, thus five plates with inscriptions. The third one is not actually partisan and is also different. On it are the names of three children who died in November 1945 from weapons that remained after the war.