Victims of summary executions remembered at Rog

Kočevje, 1 June - An annual memorial service was held on Saturday at a mass grave site in the woods of Kočevski Rog to remember the victims of reprisal killings committed by the Communists just after Second World War.

Kočevski Rog
President Borut Pahor pays his respects to the victims of summary executions after WWII at the Pod Krenom site in the woods of Kočevski Rog.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Kočevski Rog
President Borut Pahor (left) attends a ceremony commemorating the victims of summary executions after WWII at the Pod Krenom site in the woods of Kočevski Rog.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Kočevski Rog
President Borut Pahor (left) shakes hands with prelate Anton Slabe on the sidelines of a ceremony commemorating the victims of summary executions after WWII at the Pod Krenom site in the woods of Kočevski Rog.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Kočevski Rog
President Borut Pahor (left) shakes hands with prelate Anton Slabe on the sidelines of a ceremony commemorating the victims of summary executions after WWII at the Pod Krenom site in the woods of Kočevski Rog.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Kočevski Rog
A ceremony commemorates the victims of summary executions after WWII at the Pod Krenom site in the woods of Kočevski Rog.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Kočevski Rog
A ceremony commemorates the victims of summary executions after WWII at the Pod Krenom site in the woods of Kočevski Rog.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Kočevski Rog
A ceremony commemorates the victims of summary executions after WWII at the Pod Krenom site in the woods of Kočevski Rog.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Kočevski Rog
Wreaths at the Pod Krenom mass grave site containing remains of victims of summary executions after WWII.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

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