DELNICE, Feb 20 (Hina) - The 60th anniversary of the death of partisans in the Matic poljana field near the western town Delnice was marked on Fiday by a commemorative meeting and the wreath-laying ceremony in Delnice.
DELNICE, Feb 20 (Hina) - The 60th anniversary of the death of partisans
in the Matic poljana field near the western town Delnice was marked on
Fiday by a commemorative meeting and the wreath-laying ceremony in
Delnice.#L#
The commemoration in tribute to 26 partisans who were frozen to death
was organised by the Croatian Association of Anti-Fascist Fighters and
its local branch, under the auspices of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County.
Ten years ago, the then government decided to rename this event into
the Commemorative Event in Honour of Peace ('Memoriajal mira'), but
the anti-fascist veterans continued to call it 'the Commemoration In
Tribute To the 26 Frozen Partisans'.
On Friday afternoon, Ivan Fumic, the leader of the above-mentioned
association, said that the event could be named only 'the
Commemoration In Tribute To the 26 Frozen Partisans', and condemned
the situation in which two commemorations were organised. Later in the
day, at 6 pm, another commemorative meeting under the auspices of the
government was scheduled to take part.
(Hina)