One hundred thirty thousand persons, mostly civilians, are estimated to have been summarily executed in the Slovenian territory in the months following the end of the Second World War on 9 May 1945. It is estimated that around fifteen thousands of those executed were of Slovenia nationality, whereas the others were Croats, Serbs and Germans. These crimes were committed mostly in the form of systematic summary executions at hidden locations all across Slovenia, predominantly in the unpopulated rural areas and in the forests, and were carried out by members of the Slovenian section of the Yugoslav Secret Police. They were…