SLOAVENIAN ASSOCIATION ASKS THAT TRUTH ABOUT WW II MASS GRAVE IN B

IN B $ ARBARIN ROV BE DISCLOSED LJUBLJANA, Feb 26 (Hina) - An association called "The Lime of Reconciliation" which advocates the marking of mass graves in Slovenia, Monday sent a public letter to the Slovenian Interior Minister, Andrej Ster, calling on him to disclose the truth about the Barbarin Rov location (about 70 kilometres west of Ljubljana), where remains of 8,000 bodies of soldiers and civilians killed after World War II are believed to be buried. The Association's head, Stanislav Klep, cited statements by local residents and a statement by unnamed person who witnessed the mass executions in the area from 7 May until late June 1945. "The first victims were Croat civilians, among whom were old people, women and children who had been captured between Hrastnik and Lasko," Klep said in the letter. Among the killed were also Slovenian home guards, members of the military troops of the Independent State of Croatia (NDH, 1941-1945). (hina) lm jn 261924 MET feb 96