Frankolovo crime is one of the worst Nazi war crimes in the territory of present Slovenia during World War II. Nazism, which was a short name for National Socialism (Nationalsozialismus refers primarily to the Ideology and practices of the National Socialist German War crimes are "violations of the laws or customs of war" including but not limited to "murder the ill-treatment or deportation of civilian residents of an occupied Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia (Republika Slovenija) is a Country in southern Central Europe bordering Italy to the west World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including On February 12, 1945 members of Wehrmacht killed a hundred Slovene civilians at Graben (»ditch«) in Stranice near Frankolovo. Events 1429 - English Forces under Sir John Fastolf defend a supply convoy carrying rations to the army besieging Orleans from attack by the Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Wehrmacht (literally "defense force" was the name of the unified Armed forces of Germany from 1935 to 1945 Slovenes or Slovenians ( Slovene Slovenci, dual Slovenca, singular Slovenec, feminine Slovenke, dual Slovenki A civilian under International humanitarian law is a person who is not a member of his or her Country 's Armed forces.
The crime was committed as revenge for a Slovene partisan's ambush in Tesno gorge, when on February 2, 1945 one of the most important local Nazi officers Anton Dorfmeister was mortally wounded, dying the next day in Celje hospital. The Yugoslav Partisans, or simply the Partisans, ( Serbo-Croatian, Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian, Slovene: Partizani For the song see CANYONMID. For the band see Canyon (band. A canyon (rarely cañon) or gorge Events 962 - Translatio imperii: Pope John XII crowns Otto I Holy Roman Emperor, the first Holy Roman Emperor An officer is a member of an armed force who holds a position of authority Celje ( Cilli Cille is the third largest City in Slovenia. Exhibiting the typical characteristics of a Central European city it is the
As a revenge for his life, Nazis gathered a hundred hostages from prisons of Maribor, Celje, and Trbovlje and hung them on trees along the road. Maribor (historical German name de ''Marburg an der Drau'' is the second largest City in Slovenia. Trbovlje (population 16290 is a town and municipality in central Slovenia.