Franc Frakelj
Franc Frakelj (a.k.a. Peter Skalar) (19 January 1917–?)[1]Template:Rp was a member of the collaborationist Slovene Home GuardScript error: No such module "Unsubst". (after the Italian fascist capitulation in 1943) and a member of a secret murderous militia called Črna roka (Black Hand) who is accused of killing over 60Script error: No such module "Unsubst". people during the Second World War. He and his group used wooden sticks to massacre local peopleScript error: No such module "Unsubst". in the winter of 1943–44 in Kosler's Thicket in the marshes south of Ljubljana.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Frakelj was born in Dražgoše (a part of Železniki), a village in northwestern Slovenia, which was destroyed in 1942 by the German Army. Before the Battle of Turjak Castle (September 19, 1943) Frakelj was the commander of a stronghold of village guards in Tomišelj south of Ljubljana.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
He died in Canada living under the name Peter Markis.[1]Template:Rp[2]
See also
- Collaboration during World War II
- Slovenian Home Guard
- Slovene Partisans
- Yugoslav Partisans
- Yugoslavia during the Second World War
References
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