Lipej Kolenik was born on the 22.9.1925 in Margarethen near Bleiburg/Šmarjeta pri Pliberku. He had his first contact with partisans in spring 1943. He did courier jobs. In August 1943, he had to go to the Wehrmacht; firstly, to be trained, but soon he was transtered to Slovenia and in the end of 1943 to the Italian front. Here he got heavy frostbites on his feet and was moved to several military hospitals, in the end to Klagenfurt. On the occasion of a visit on the farm of his parents, he deserted to the partisans. He was active in various units. In March, he was severely wounded and witnessed the liberation hidden in a bunker, with hardly any medical support. After war he was unemployed and stayed politically active. He was repeatedly arrested and imprisoned. He is chairman of the Carinthian partisan association.
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Lipej Kolenik was born on the 22.9.1925 in Margarethen near Bleiburg/Šmarjeta pri Pliberku. He had his first contact with partisans in spring 1943. He did courier jobs. In August 1943, he had to go to the Wehrmacht; firstly, to be trained, but soon he was transtered to Slovenia and in the end of 1943 to the Italian front. Here he got heavy frostbites on his feet and was moved to several military hospitals, in the end to Klagenfurt. On the occasion of a visit on the farm of his parents, he deserted to the partisans. He was active in various units. In March, he was severely wounded and witnessed the liberation hidden in a bunker, with hardly any medical support. After war he was unemployed and stayed politically active. He was repeatedly arrested and imprisoned. He is chairman of the Carinthian partisan association.
Lipej Kolenik was born on the 22.9.1925 in Margarethen near Bleiburg/Šmarjeta pri Pliberku. He had his first contact with partisans in spring 1943. He did courier jobs. In August 1943, he had to go to the Wehrmacht; firstly, to be trained, but soon he was transtered to Slovenia and in the end of 1943 to the Italian front. Here he got heavy frostbites on his feet and was moved to several military hospitals, in the end to Klagenfurt. On the occasion of a visit on the farm of his parents, he deserted to the partisans. He was active in various units. In March, he was severely wounded and witnessed the liberation hidden in a bunker, with hardly any medical support. After war he was unemployed and stayed politically active. He was repeatedly arrested and imprisoned. He is chairman of the Carinthian partisan association.
Lipej Kolenik wurde am 22. 9. 1925 in St. Margarethen bei Bleiburg/Šmarjeta pri Pliberku geboren. Den ersten Kontakt mit PartisanInnen bekam er im Frühjahr 1943, er war als Kurier tätig. Im August 1943 mußte er zur Wehrmacht, zunächst zur Ausbildung, recht bald wurde er jedoch nach Slowenien und gegen Ende 1943 an die italienische Front verlegt, wo er sich schwere Erfrierungen an den Füßen holte und dann in verschiedene Lazarette und Spitäler, zuletzt nach Klagenfurt, verlegt wurde. Anläßlich eines Besuchs am elterlichen Hof im August 1944 desertierte er zu den Partisanen, wo er in verschiedenen Einheiten aktiv war. Im März 1945 wurde er schwer verwundet und erlebte, in einem Bunker versteckt und kaum verarztet, die Befreiung. Nach Kriegsende war er arbeitslos, blieb politisch aktiv und wurde wiederholt verhaftet und interniert. Er ist Vorstandsmitglied des Kärntner Partisanenverbandes.
Historique
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Lipej Kolenik was born on the 22.9.1925 in Margarethen near Bleiburg/Šmarjeta pri Pliberku. He had his first contact with partisans in spring 1943. He did courier jobs. In August 1943, he had to go to the Wehrmacht; firstly, to be trained, but soon he was transtered to Slovenia and in the end of 1943 to the Italian front. Here he got heavy frostbites on his feet and was moved to several military hospitals, in the end to Klagenfurt. On the occasion of a visit on the farm of his parents, he deserted to the partisans. He was active in various units. In March, he was severely wounded and witnessed the liberation hidden in a bunker, with hardly any medical support. After war he was unemployed and stayed politically active. He was repeatedly arrested and imprisoned. He is chairman of the Carinthian partisan association.Lipej Kolenik was born on the 22.9.1925 in Margarethen near Bleiburg/Šmarjeta pri Pliberku. He had his first contact with partisans in spring 1943. He did courier jobs. In August 1943, he had to go to the Wehrmacht; firstly, to be trained, but soon he was transtered to Slovenia and in the end of 1943 to the Italian front. Here he got heavy frostbites on his feet and was moved to several military hospitals, in the end to Klagenfurt. On the occasion of a visit on the farm of his parents, he deserted to the partisans. He was active in various units. In March, he was severely wounded and witnessed the liberation hidden in a bunker, with hardly any medical support. After war he was unemployed and stayed politically active. He was repeatedly arrested and imprisoned. He is chairman of the Carinthian partisan association.
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Lipej Kolenik wurde am 22. 9. 1925 in St. Margarethen bei Bleiburg/Šmarjeta pri Pliberku geboren. Den ersten Kontakt mit PartisanInnen bekam er im Frühjahr 1943, er war als Kurier tätig. Im August 1943 mußte er zur Wehrmacht, zunächst zur Ausbildung, recht bald wurde er jedoch nach Slowenien und gegen Ende 1943 an die italienische Front verlegt, wo er sich schwere Erfrierungen an den Füßen holte und dann in verschiedene Lazarette und Spitäler, zuletzt nach Klagenfurt, verlegt wurde. Anläßlich eines Besuchs am elterlichen Hof im August 1944 desertierte er zu den Partisanen, wo er in verschiedenen Einheiten aktiv war. Im März 1945 wurde er schwer verwundet und erlebte, in einem Bunker versteckt und kaum verarztet, die Befreiung. Nach Kriegsende war er arbeitslos, blieb politisch aktiv und wurde wiederholt verhaftet und interniert. Er ist Vorstandsmitglied des Kärntner Partisanenverbandes.Lipej Kolenik wurde am 22. 9. 1925 in St. Margarethen bei Bleiburg/Šmarjeta pri Pliberku geboren. Den ersten Kontakt mit PartisanInnen bekam er im Frühjahr 1943, er war als Kurier tätig. Im August 1943 mußte er zur Wehrmacht, zunächst zur Ausbildung, recht bald wurde er jedoch nach Slowenien und gegen Ende 1943 an die italienische Front verlegt, wo er sich schwere Erfrierungen an den Füßen holte und dann in verschiedene Lazarette und Spitäler, zuletzt nach Klagenfurt, verlegt wurde. Anläßlich eines Besuchs am elterlichen Hof im August 1944 desertierte er zu den Partisanen, wo er in verschiedenen Einheiten aktiv war. Im März 1945 wurde er schwer verwundet und erlebte, in einem Bunker versteckt und kaum verarztet, die Befreiung. Nach Kriegsende war er arbeitslos, blieb politisch aktiv und wurde wiederholt verhaftet und interniert. Er ist Vorstandsmitglied des Kärntner Partisanenverbandes.