Grahovše - Establishment of the Storžiški Battalion

The monument is surrounded by a concrete frame, in front of it are several lice from the Brun.

The monument, unveiled on 5 November 1949 according to the plan of architect Marjan Šorli, is dedicated to the unification of the Tržiška and Kranjska companies into the Storžiški battalion on 4 August 1941 under the command of commander Jožet Pesjak. Most of the 63 fighters left after the establishment towards Begunja, while 21 (mainly unarmed) remained, and eight of them fell the next day, 5 August 1941 before four o'clock in the morning, due to betrayal. The names of the traitors are known. The killed were thrown into the burning Verbičev koča, which stood at that place, Grahovše 32.

Anka Sollner adds information about her aunt, the fallen Marija Solnar: She was from a large family and was very young when she went to the front. "For a while she was supposed to have lived in Tržišče or nearby, then she joined the partisans. She was talented at drawing and I keep one of her drawings at home, which I found in the inheritance of another aunt. Regarding the signing and our surname, there are more complications. Her grandfather, Johann Sollner (in the family register Janez Sollner), came from Koroška, where he was a carpenter for chairs, from his native Sv. Martin ob Ponfeldu due to the search for work, and moved to Borovnica, where he worked for the large landowner Kobij. Here he met his wife. This was followed by a calvary of moves to Kamnik, Tolmin and back again to Borovnica. Aunt Marija was born on 2 February 1913 in Dol pri Borovnici, where they lived until the end of the First World War, when the father returned from the front. Then followed moves to various places in the surrounding area, until before the Second World War they settled in Breg pri Borovnici, and after that in Borovnica. Family members had once a surname with two ll, another time only with one. That is why the aunt's surname on the memorial scale is written as it is written, but the last e changed into an a. Why that writing of her surname remains a mystery with her death."

The left scale was unveiled on the initiative of OO ZZB NOV Tržišče on 5 August 1980.

The right scale was unveiled on the initiative of ZB Tržišče on 5 August 1949.

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Establishment of the Storžiški battalion.

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