Commission on Concealed Mass Graves in Slovenia

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The Commission on Concealed Mass Graves in Slovenia (Slovenian: Komisija za reševanje vprašanj prikritih grobišč) is an office of the Slovenian Government whose task is to find and document mass grave sites from the Second World War and the period immediately after it. It was established on November 10, 2005.

The commission has consistently been registering, as well as gradually probing, new grave sites.

  • 2002: 40 sites[1]
  • January 2007: 512 sites[2]
  • August 2007: 550 sites[3]
  • February 2008: 570 sites[4]

While the commission's own purpose is not to identify individual remains, research in Škofja Loka has revealed that DNA matches can still be made to identify victims.[5]

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[edit] Members

  • Jože Dežman (President)
  • Miha Movrin
  • Metka Černelč
  • mag. Majda Pučnik Rudl
  • dr. Ludvik Puklavec
  • Davorin Mozetič
  • Marko Štrovs
  • Janez Črnej
  • mag. Blaž Kujundžič (Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia)
  • dr. Andrej Vovko
  • Nataša Kokol Car
  • Anton Drobnič
  • Pavel Jamnik[6]
  • Davorin Vuga
  • Milan Sagadin
  • dr. Jožef Bernik

[edit] Former members

[edit] References

  1. ^ World War II mass graves open a wound in Slovenia
  2. ^ Over 100 mass graves reported in Slovenia last year
  3. ^ Historian Says Maribor Mass Grave Definitely One of Biggest
  4. ^ Wartime heroes, sinful secrets
  5. ^ DNA Identification of Skeletal Remains from World War II Mass Graves Uncovered in Slovenia
  6. ^ Remains Found in Konfin Mass Grave Already Identified

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