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Kočevski Rog - the name describes over 500 square kilometres of hilly carst area situated between Kočevje - Ribnica valley, Suha krajina, Novo mesto basin and Bela krajina. Due to its impassability, deep forests and harsher clime it was not settled before the 14th century when it was colonised by settlers of German nationality. At the beginning of the 2nd World War, after attack on yugoslavia in 1941, this area was occupied by Italy and during the winter 1941/42 all Germans of Kočevje area were relocated to lower Posavje region, (which was under German occupation), into the homes of over 36.000 previously deported Slovenians. Over 40 Rog villages and settlements remained empty after this German emigration.
The first units of National Liberation Movement moved into Rog area during Avgust of 1941. During May of 1942 a large territory of Dolenjska,m Notranjska and Bela krajina was liberated and Rog became the center of resistance. The Slovenian Partisan Army Command was located at Kraljevi kamen location until Avgust of 1942. After a large Italian offensive during the summer of 1942 the National Liberation Movement Command moved to Polhograjski Dolomiti and designated the Rog area for Partisan hospitals, workshops, schools, printing works and warehouses.

The Slovenian Partisan Command returned to Rog on 17th of April of 1943. The new location was code named BAZA 20. It has become a home and a working place for members of Liberation Front Executive Committee, Liberation Front Plenum, Communist Party Central Commitee, Propaganda nad Agitation Commission, editors of different partisan newspapers and publications and members of Antifascist Council of Yugoslav National Liberation (AVNOJ). The Protection Battalion fighters, as well as the technical staff, were in charge of safety and procurement. In all 26 wooden barccks were erected nad settled until December of 1944 when the last of their inhabitants moved to Črnomelj. A permanent exposition located in Barrack No. 16 of BAZA 20 represents its significance and role.