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The Partisan sketch and the map clearly show how the Italian occupying forces fortified Šentjernej. It was enclosed by two rings of barbed wire and bunkers. The first ring surrounded the centre of the town, while the other ran along its outskirts. In the centre of town, they also had an artillery battery with which they fired on the Partisan positions in the Gorjanci Hills. The town was decorated with Italian flags and portraits of Mussolini, which is visible in the photograph entitled »Threshing Day«. The Italian defensive line towards the Gorjanci Hills ran near Šentjernej; it, too, was made up of bunkers and barbed wire, and protected with firing trenches. Preserved in the photograph is the Italian bunker in Šmarje, which was photographed by monk Hugo Rožnik soon after the war; the photograph is kept by the monastery in Pleterje. There was a residential area to the right of the bunker, but it had been demolished before the photograph was taken. According to Janez Kuhelj, one of the townspeople built a house from the remains of the demolished bunker.
The Partisan sketch and the map clearly show how the Italian occupying forces fortified Šentjernej. It was enclosed by two rings of barbed wire and bunkers. The first ring surrounded the centre of the town, while the other ran along its outskirts. In the centre of town, they also had an artillery battery with which they fired on the Partisan positions in the Gorjanci Hills. The town was decorated with Italian flags and portraits of Mussolini, which is visible in the photograph entitled »Threshing Day«. The Italian defensive line towards the Gorjanci Hills ran near Šentjernej; it, too, was made up of bunkers and barbed wire, and protected with firing trenches. Preserved in the photograph is the Italian bunker in Šmarje, which was photographed by monk Hugo Rožnik soon after the war; the photograph is kept by the monastery in Pleterje. There was a residential area to the right of the bunker, but it had been demolished before the photograph was taken. According to Janez Kuhelj, one of the townspeople built a house from the remains of the demolished bunker.


Tone Kovačič and Janez Kuhelj showed the yard behind the Kovačič residence, which had been a schoolyard during the war; the Italians placed six cannons next to it with which they fired on the Partisan positions in the Gorjanci Hills. According to them, whenever a Partisan rifle went off in the Gorjanci Hills, the Italians would fire their cannons all night long. Author: Božidar Flajšman.
Tone Kovačič and Janez Kuhelj showed the yard behind the Kovačič residence, which had been a schoolyard during the war; the Italians placed six cannons next to it with which they fired on the Partisan positions in the Gorjanci Hills. According to them, whenever a Partisan rifle went off in the Gorjanci Hills, the Italians would fire their cannons all night long. Author: Božidar Flajšman.


First page of a Partisan description of the Šentjernej post. It was written at the intelligence centre of the 25th Division, nine months after Italy had capitulated, 22 May 1944. The description mentions, among other things, that the post housed between 180 and 200 members of the White Guard and that it was heavily fortified with 21 large and 38 small bunkers. Arhiv RS. Author: Blaž Štangelj.
First page of a Partisan description of the Šentjernej post. It was written at the intelligence centre of the 25th Division, nine months after Italy had capitulated, 22 May 1944. The description mentions, among other things, that the post housed between 180 and 200 members of the White Guard and that it was heavily fortified with 21 large and 38 small bunkers. Arhiv RS. Author: Blaž Štangelj.


This house in Dolenja Brezovica near Šentjernej was used as a post by a White Guard battalion from 15 October 1942 to 8 September 1943. 177 people were tortured there, including the poet Ivan Rob. 39 people were killed. Author: Božidar Flajšman.
This house in Dolenja Brezovica near Šentjernej was used as a post by a White Guard battalion from 15 October 1942 to 8 September 1943. 177 people were tortured there, including the poet Ivan Rob. 39 people were killed. Author: Božidar Flajšman.


Members of the Home Guard in Šentjernej. Dolenjski muzej Novo mesto.
Members of the Home Guard in Šentjernej. Dolenjski muzej Novo mesto.


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