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A handful of these hospitals still survive, although they no longer impart medical service.
German military activity was frequent in the general region, but the hospital remained well hidden throughout its operation.
The hospital was also protected by minefields and nests of machine guns.
As the hospital is in a gorge, the many trees and camouflaged buildings provided protection against air reconnaissance.
Franja Partisan Hospital during the 1940s.
All the necessary material was transported to the location by manual labor.
They even had their own electric plant.
The hospital had a capacity of 120 patients, but saw almost ten times as many during its operation.
The majority of the deceased was buried shortly after the war in a common tomb at the Cerkno graveyard.
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