Zapotok, Ig
History
During the Second World War, Italian forces burned the village on March 19, 1942. On July 23, 1942, Italian forces shot fourteen men as hostages in Zapotok; they are all buried at the cemetery on Kurešček Hill in Visoko. After the war, a collective farm was established in Zapotok. It was initially used to raise cattle, then to produce plastic for a year, then converted into a factory for wooden ware, and finally into a poultry feedlot.
Mass grave
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Zapotok is the site of a mass grave associated with the Second World War. The Zapotok Narrow Shaft Mass Grave (Slovene: Grobišče Ozko brezno pri Zapotoku), also known as the Viper Cave Mass Grave (Grobišče Gadova jama), is located on the wooded slope of a steep valley 10 meters (33 ft) south of the road between Zapotok and Četež pri Turjaku. It contains the remains of unknown victims.
References
- ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia Archived November 18, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 116.
- ^ Ig municipal site
- ^ Savnik, Roman, ed. 1971. Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, p. 440.
- ^ Jakopič, Albert, et al. 1978. Vodnik po partizanskih poteh. Ljubljana: Borec, p. 62.
- ^ Ferenc, Mitja (December 2009). "Grobišče Ozko brezno pri Zapotoku". Geopedia (in Slovenian). Ljubljana: Služba za vojna grobišča, Ministrstvo za delo, družino in socialne zadeve. Retrieved November 7, 2023.
External links
Media related to Zapotok at Wikimedia Commons
- Zapotok on Geopedia