Žrtve vojnega nasilja 1941–1945

Finding aid is available to researchers via the Virtual Archive Reading Room (VARR) https://vac.sjas.gov.si/vac. The VARR information solution provides users with a tool for ordering and using physical and electronic archival material in Slovenian archives (in addition to the Archives of the Republic of Slovenia, six regional archives from Ljubljana, Maribor, Celje, Ptuj, Koper and Nova Gorica). After successful registration, login and confirmation of the user account by the administrator of the VARR system, the user can order materials and reproductions. Historian Dr. Tone Ferenc talks about the deportees and the German authorities' plans to deport Slovenes and Germanise Gorenjska and Štajerska in connection with the film footages of the German crimes against the civilian population. The film presents the most important places where the Germans gathered the deportees: the Slovenska Bistrica railway station, the Stari pisker prison in Celje, Rajhenburg Castle, Begunje prison and the Ljubelj camp. The fate of the inhabitants of Dražgoš and Branik is also shown. The film contains statements by refugees and camp inmates Tone Kristan, Danilo Erbežnik, Vika Erbežnik, Janez Palčič, Majda Rode, Ciril Martinčič, Milka Kocian, Marjan Bizjak, Anton Gvardjančič, Tilka Ličen, Ludvik Jelenc, Danica Lotrič Cibic, Boris Lah and Slavko Kune. The film also includes a clip of Mohor Bogataj, the mayor of the municipality of Kranj. The documentary film is produced by Gorenjska televizija Kranj, Združenje žrtev okupatorja 1941–1945, and directed by Kanoni Črt.