Franci Hlebce, Jamnik

OPIS SPOMENIKA:  The monument is made of rough unprocessed stone (height 42 cm), on which is attached a marble plate with an engraved inscription. Here stand two stone monuments. On the left is dedicated to the fallen fighter Franci Hlebcet - Dušan.

OPIS DOGODKA: Franci Hlebcet, born on 10th November 1915 in Kranj, was the deputy commander of the 4th squad of the IV battalion of the France Prešeren brigade. After mobilization on the left bank of the Savinja, he withdrew with his comrades to the hillside above Jamnik. When the following morning he went with a patrol to inspect the area above Kropa, he fell into the enemy position near Sveti Sobota (Petelinovca). He was seriously wounded already in the first attack but he withdrew to cover and from there continued to fire at the Germans until his last strength. Until his liberation, he rested in a grave, which his surviving comrades dug right at the place where the memorial monument now stands.

VIRI: Monuments of the NOB in the municipality of Kranj, p. 126-127.

Vodnik po partizanskih poteh, Ljubljana: Borec, 1978, p. 227.

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EŠD: 2, memorial heritage