page_title: Mozelj
section_title: Mass grave
hierarchical_section_title: Mozelj / History / Mass grave
caption_attribution_description: English: Marker at the Mozelj Mass Grave in Mozelj, Municipality of Kočevje, Slovenia
context_page_description: Mozelj is a settlement in the Municipality of Kočevje in southern Slovenia. It was a village inhabited mostly by Gottschee Germans. During the Second World War its original population was expelled. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.
context_section_description: Mozelj is the site of a mass grave associated with the Second World War. The Mozelj Mass Grave (Slovene: Grobišče Mozelj) is located north of the settlement in a sinkhole in a pasture. It contains the remains of 110 victims (including 85 Chetnik soldiers) shot between 12 and 18 October 1943, as well as four additional persons killed on 20 October.
caption: Mozelj Mass Grave
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