Massacred Partisan Battalion to Be Remembered Amid Controversy

Maribor, 8 January - A ceremony held in the Pohorje hills near Maribor on Saturday will honour the 68th anniversary of a WWII battle of unequals that saw the Germany army erasing a 69-strong Partisan battalion. This year's ceremony is expected to be marked by recently stirred political controversy regarding the battalion.

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