Bled, cemetery, Torkar Anton

Sistory states First and last name: Anton Torkar, Father: Anton, Mother: Marija, Date of birth: 14. 06. 1920, Place of birth: Ribno, Place of residence: Grad, Date of death/disappearance: 03. 07. 1943, Place of death/disappearance: Lipanca na Pokljuki, Place of burial: Begunje.

«During the summer of 1943, the detachment was stationed at Pokljuka. Part of the detachment went on a supply action to Mojstrana. Since not all fighters had weapons, those who went into the valley took them primarily. [..] During the action, the Germans captured Lojz Batiščev from Bohinj White. [..] Lojz Batiščev was so terrified by the Germans that he betrayed where the encampment was. Two days later, at night, the Germans silently surrounded the encampment and at the first light attacked the partisans. [..] Among the dead and captured were people from Bohinj, Gorjanci, and Blejčani. Among others who fell at that time was Anton Torkar, the eldest son of Kunčič from Bled, [..]» Ivan Jan – Srečko, In the Pokljuški Battalion, Among the Gorenjska Partisans, On the 15th Anniversary of the Uprising, Kranj, 1956, pp. 117–118)

«Sports Society Bled, Fallen athletes, gymnasts, and skiers [..] Torkar Anton [..]» (Miloš Rutar, Memorial Monuments to Fallen Athletes, To Participate and Win, Slovenian Athletes in the NOB, Ljubljana: Založba Borec, p. 457)