Franc Frakelj

Who is Franc Frakelj?

Franc Frakelj was a member of the collaborationist Slovenian Home Guard and a member of a secret murderous militia called Črna roka who killed over 60 people during the Second World War. He and his group used wooden sticks to massacre local people in the winter of 1943-44 in the marshes south of Ljubljana.

Frakelj was born in Dražgoše, a village in northwestern Slovenia, which was destroyed in 1942 by the German Army. Before the Battle of Turjak Castle Frakelj was the commander of a stronghold of village guards in Tomišelj south of Ljubljana.

He was never convicted of his war crimes and he died in Canada living under the name Peter Markis.