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A linseed oil and varnish factory, Zabret & Comp., was established in Britof in 1905. Before the Second World War it had its own electrical generator and processed 300 train cars of linseed per year, mostly imported from Argentina and India. The oil and varnish were sold in Yugoslavia, and the
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linseed pomace was exported to Austria and Germany. The factory had 30 workers in the 1930s; it developed further after the war, and employed 100 workers by the 1960s.
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River north of the settlement, in a meadow on the edge of the woods. It contained the remains of a civilian man and woman that were taken to the site by the
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from the period immediately after the Second World War. The Britof Mass Grave (
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in May or June 1945 and murdered. The victims' remains were exhumed in 1994.
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View of Kranj, the administrative centre of the Municipality of Kranj
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Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,
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The settlement was attested in written sources in 1387 as
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Britof is located in Slovenia
46°15′28.39″N 14°23′0.5″E / 46.2578861°N 14.383472°E / 46.2578861; 14.383472

Slovenia
Upper Carniola
Statistical region
Upper Carniola
Municipality
Kranj
[ˈbɾiːtɔf]
‹See Tfd›
German
Kranj
Upper Carniola
Slovenia
Middle High German

mass grave
Slovene
Kokra
Partisans
Saint Thomas
Historical postcard of Britof
Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia




Kranj municipal site

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