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Trail to Base 20
Base 20 was the main
base of the Central Committee of the Slovenian Communist Party and the
excutive committee of the Liberation Front in Kočevjski Rog during the
Second World War from 1942 to 1944. The location for the base was
chosen by Dr. Pavel Lunaček and Dr. Darijan Brecelj due to its
difficult access.
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Although the first
permanent hut was not constructed until April 1943, the base had
already been operating during the Italian offensive in 1942. At the
end of 1943, Base 20 comprised a complex of 26 barracks with around
140 combatants and politicians housed there. During the war, quite a
few renowned people lodged there, among them Edvard Kocbek, Boris
Kidrič and others. The base’s location remained hidden until the end
of the war. Nevertheless the command was relocated to Črnomelj in
1944.
