Site of Mass Graves to Become a Memorial Park

Ljubljana, 6 September - The government confirmed on Thursday a proposal by the Labour, Family and Social Affairs Ministry to declare a mass grave site near Maribor into a memorial park. It also gave the ministry to go-ahead to draft a plan for marking and maintaining all post sites where summary killings happened after WWII.

Ljubljana Marko Strovs, state secretary at the Labour Ministry, presenting the plan to mark all post-WWII mass grave sites in Slovenia. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana
Marko Strovs, state secretary at the Labour Ministry, presenting the plan to mark all post-WWII mass grave sites in Slovenia.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana Marko Strovs, state secretary at the Labour Ministry, presenting the plan to mark all post-WWII mass grave sites in Slovenia. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana
Marko Strovs, state secretary at the Labour Ministry, presenting the plan to mark all post-WWII mass grave sites in Slovenia.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana Marko Strovs, state secretary at the Labour Ministry, presenting the plan to mark all post-WWII mass grave sites in Slovenia. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana
Marko Strovs, state secretary at the Labour Ministry, presenting the plan to mark all post-WWII mass grave sites in Slovenia.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana Marko Strovs, state secretary at the Labour Ministry, presenting the plan to mark all post-WWII mass grave sites in Slovenia. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana
Marko Strovs, state secretary at the Labour Ministry, presenting the plan to mark all post-WWII mass grave sites in Slovenia.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

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