guards. Interned civilians in the camp were those accused of collaboration that were arrested in and around Celje, mostly Germans and Slovenes, and civilians that arrived with the Home Guard from Bleiburg, mostly family members. They had free access to water and had better food, but also suffered ill-treatment. At times, the OZNA guards would take female prisoners to the main barracks during the night where they were raped. Several witnesses reported that around 15 infants died on a wagon due to sun exposure. Home Guard Officers were subjected to torture in the camp's bunker. One day a group of officers were blindfolded and brought outside the barrack. Among them was first lieutenant Anton Kavčič, whose wife Marija, daughter and two sons were among interned civilians. His daughter recognized him and started screaming, so the guards forced her to get back in the inmate barrack. His wife was then taken to the OZNA barrack where she was raped and killed. Three underage Home Guards were killed after they were caught taking canned food from backpacks that were confiscated from them upon arrival. Massacres All prisoners from groups C and the majority from group B were taken to nearby pits, ditches or caves and executed there. The transfers of prisoners were mostly done at night. After hearing his name, the called out prisoner would step out and his hands were tied with telephone strings behind his back in pair with another prisoner, after which they would climb into the truck. The prisoners were told that they were being transported to another camp. Among the first victims were members of the White Guard. One night they were called out, loaded onto trucks and busses and taken to the nearby valley where they were shot. Bursts of gunfire from the valley lasted for an hour. Home Guard officers were killed at Stari Hrastnik. Several officers managed to escape during the trip. The transport of others began on 5 June with the 2nd Home Guard Regiment. The OZNA engaged drivers from across the country to carry out the transports. The drivers were not informed about the details of the action. The locations were mostly nearby pit caves. Once they arrived, the prisoners were taken off tracks, ordered to take their clothes off, lined up along the edge of the pit and shot. Some of them survived the initial round and the fall into the