Adolf Požar · In memoriam
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Adolf Požar
1912 – 1942 · 30 years
On 20 July 1942, in retaliation for Partisan activity in the village, German forces surrounded Hrastnik, shot up and burned the houses, doused nine men with gasoline and burned them alive, and sent the women and children to a concentration camp. Sources: - Savnik, Roman, ed. 1971. Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, p. 88. - "Požig vasi Hrastnik." Občinski poročevalec 16(13) (28 July 1977), p. 6.
