Post-war mass graves

After the end of the Second World War, units of the Yugoslav Army executed several thousand Slovenian Home Guard members and civilians. In the Kočevski Rog area, eight such locations have been discovered.

The Pit under Kren

Every year, a Holy Mass is held there in memory of the people killed after the war.

Double Shaft near the Cink Cross

It is the least visited mass grave of post-war crimes in the Kočevski Rog. An unknown number of people were killed there under unclear circumstances.

Macesnova Gorica

It is the largest mass grave of executed Home Guard members in the Kočevski Rog.

Cave in the Rugar Slopes

The filled-in abyss is only 30 meters from the road. Prisoners from the Novo mesto prison were allegedly killed here after the war.