Fallen Partisan, Radelca

In Radelci she erected a monument in memory of her son, who fell in battle on 16 August, her mother from Breznega vrh, the sign. Source: Milan Ževart, Po sledeh NOB, p. 244.

SIstory states First and last name: Gabriel Helbing, Father: Janez, Mother: Neža, Date of birth: 06. 03. 1923, Place of birth: Zgornja Kapla, Place of residence: Brezni vrh, Old municipality: Remšnik, New municipality: Radlje ob Dravi, Date of death/disappearance: 26. 08. 1944, Place of death/disappearance: Radelca, Place of burial: Remšnik.

» In the already several times mentioned article 'Na Kozjaku žari' a substantial testimony of the commander Murat about the battles at sv. Urban is preserved. […]

According to the partisan report, two partisans fell at sv. Urban, but according to testimonies, three. […]

Early in the morning during the first clash, Gabriel Helbl, a local from Kozjak, was seriously wounded. At that time, Ivan Veingerl-Mirko was also wounded. During the partisans' withdrawal from the battlefield, a certain occupying force encountered the wounded man. Mirko managed to escape, Gabriel Helbl-Franci also managed to take a few steps, after which he was captured and killed. Gabriel Helbl's mother, after liberation, erected a chapel in memory of her son at sv. Urban.«

(Milan Ževart, Lackov odred, 1. knjiga, Knjižnica NOV in POS, Maribor: Založba Obzorja Maribor, 1988, p. 150, 151)

Photograph 1: (Milan Ževart, Lackov odred, 1. knjiga, Knjižnica NOV in POS, Maribor: Založba Obzorja Maribor, 1988, p. 152)