Veterans Leader Says Post-WWII Killings Had Legal Basis

Novo Mesto, 17 April - Post-war executions were legally grounded with the decision of anti-fascist Ally leaders Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin to destroy Nazism, not just defeat it, head of the Slovenian Association of WWII Veterans Janez Stanovnik said on Friday, but condemned the atrocities nonetheless.

Novo mesto The head of the Slovenian Association of WWII Veterans, Janez Stanovnik, speaking at a meeting of WWII veterans' associations from all six former Yugoslav republics. Photo: Rasto Bozic/STA

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The head of the Slovenian Association of WWII Veterans, Janez Stanovnik, speaking at a meeting of WWII veterans' associations from all six former Yugoslav republics.
Photo: Rasto Bozic/STA

Novo mesto The head of the Slovenian Association of WWII Veterans, Janez Stanovnik (right), at a meeting of WWII veterans' associations from all six former Yugoslav republics. Photo: Rasto Bozic/STA

Novo mesto
The head of the Slovenian Association of WWII Veterans, Janez Stanovnik (right), at a meeting of WWII veterans' associations from all six former Yugoslav republics.
Photo: Rasto Bozic/STA

Novo mesto The head of the Slovenian Association of WWII Veterans, Janez Stanovnik, speaking at a meeting of WWII veterans' associations from all six former Yugoslav republics. Photo: Rasto Bozic/STA

Novo mesto
The head of the Slovenian Association of WWII Veterans, Janez Stanovnik, speaking at a meeting of WWII veterans' associations from all six former Yugoslav republics.
Photo: Rasto Bozic/STA

Novo mesto The head of the Slovenian Association of WWII Veterans, Janez Stanovnik, speaking at a meeting of WWII veterans' associations from all six former Yugoslav republics. Photo: Rasto Bozic/STA

Novo mesto
The head of the Slovenian Association of WWII Veterans, Janez Stanovnik, speaking at a meeting of WWII veterans' associations from all six former Yugoslav republics.
Photo: Rasto Bozic/STA

Novo mesto The head of the Slovenian Association of WWII Veterans, Janez Stanovnik (centre), at a meeting of WWII veterans' associations from all six former Yugoslav republics. Photo: Rasto Bozic/STA

Novo mesto
The head of the Slovenian Association of WWII Veterans, Janez Stanovnik (centre), at a meeting of WWII veterans' associations from all six former Yugoslav republics.
Photo: Rasto Bozic/STA

Novo mesto A meeting of WWII veterans' associations from all six former Yugoslav republics. Photo: Rasto Bozic/STA

Novo mesto
A meeting of WWII veterans' associations from all six former Yugoslav republics.
Photo: Rasto Bozic/STA

Novo mesto A meeting of WWII veterans' associations from all six former Yugoslav republics. Photo: Rasto Bozic/STA

Novo mesto
A meeting of WWII veterans' associations from all six former Yugoslav republics.
Photo: Rasto Bozic/STA

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