Family Škruba, Gaberke

During the war, seven members of this family lost their lives. Farmer Lovrenc Škruba and his son Franc were shot in Maribor in 1942. Lovrenčeva's wife Elizabeta, the remaining three sons, Ivan, Mihael and Vincenc, and their daughter Rozalija died in the concentration camps Auschwitz and Mauthausen.

«Elizabeta Škruba, born on 26 October 1886, farmer's wife, died in the camp Auschwitz on 24 September 1942.

Franc Škruba, born on 8 September 1920, farmer's son, shot on 8 June 1942 in Maribor.

Ivan Škruba, born on 23 November 1922, farmer's son, died in the camp Auschwitz on 24 September 1942.

Lovrenc Škruba, born on 26 July 1880, farmer, shot on 8 June 1942 in Maribor.

Mihael Škruba, born on 7 September 1916, farmer's son, died in the camp Mauthausen on 4 November 1942.

Rozalija Škruba, born on 22 August 1918, farmer's daughter, died in the camp Auschwitz on 14 November 1942.

Vincenc Škruba, born on 17 July 1913, worker, died in the camp Mauthausen on 13 January 1943.» (Milan Ževart and Stane Terčak, From Uprising to Victory, The National Liberation War in the Šaleška Valley and Šmartn ob Peki, Maribor: Obzorja Publishing, 1966, p. 194)