Selovec ( or ) is a

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in the hills south of

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in the Carinthia region in northern

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Mass graves

Selovec is the site of three known

mass graves A mass grave is a grave containing multiple human corpses, which may or may not be identified prior to burial. The United Nations has defined a criminal mass grave as a burial site containing three or more victims of execution, although an exact ...

or unmarked graves associated with the Second World War. The Jeglijenek Meadow Mass Grave ( sl, Grobišče Jeglijenkov travnik) is located in a meadow southeast of the house at Selovec no. 16. It is a clearly visible mound containing the remains of two soldiers: a Croatian and a Cossack. The Bricl Mass Grave () lies in a meadow west of the Bricelj farm at Selovec no. 13. It contains the remains of five to 12 Croatian soldiers. The Zdih Woods Grave () is located southwest of the house at Selovec no. 15. It contains the remains of one Croatian soldier.

References

External links

Selovec on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Dravograd {{Dravograd-geo-stub