Responsibility for peace invoked at WWII remembrance ceremony

Slovenska Bistrica, 6 January - National Council President Marko Lotrič spoke about Slovenia's responsibility for peace as he addressed a ceremony in the Pohorje forests on Saturday that paid tribute to a Partisan unit killed by Nazi forces in a battle 81 years ago.

Osankarica National Council President Marko Lotrič addresses a ceremony marking the 81st anniversary of the last battle of Pohorje Battalion in WWII. Photo: Gregor Mlakar/STA

Osankarica
National Council President Marko Lotrič addresses a ceremony marking the 81st anniversary of the last battle of Pohorje Battalion in WWII.
Photo: Gregor Mlakar/STA

Osankarica National Council President Marko Lotrič addresses a ceremony marking the 81st anniversary of the last battle of Pohorje Battalion in WWII. Photo: Gregor Mlakar/STA

Osankarica
National Council President Marko Lotrič addresses a ceremony marking the 81st anniversary of the last battle of Pohorje Battalion in WWII.
Photo: Gregor Mlakar/STA

Osankarica National Council President Marko Lotrič addresses a ceremony marking the 81st anniversary of the last battle of Pohorje Battalion in WWII. Photo: Gregor Mlakar/STA

Osankarica
National Council President Marko Lotrič addresses a ceremony marking the 81st anniversary of the last battle of Pohorje Battalion in WWII.
Photo: Gregor Mlakar/STA

Osankarica National Council President Marko Lotrič addresses a ceremony marking the 81st anniversary of the last battle of Pohorje Battalion in WWII. Photo: Gregor Mlakar/STA

Osankarica
National Council President Marko Lotrič addresses a ceremony marking the 81st anniversary of the last battle of Pohorje Battalion in WWII.
Photo: Gregor Mlakar/STA

Osankarica National Council President Marko Lotrič lays a wreath at a memorial to the Pohorje Battalion at a ceremony marking the 81st anniversary of its last battle in WWII. Photo: Gregor Mlakar/STA

Osankarica
National Council President Marko Lotrič lays a wreath at a memorial to the Pohorje Battalion at a ceremony marking the 81st anniversary of its last battle in WWII.
Photo: Gregor Mlakar/STA

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