He was born as Franc Albrecht in the Upper Carniolan town of Kamnik in what was then the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
In 1944, the Nazis sent him to Dachau concentration camp.
Soon after the liberation from Nazi occupation and the establishment of the Communist regime in Yugoslavia in 1945, he was appointed mayor of Ljubljana. He served in that office between 1945 and 1948. In 1948, he was dismissed and shortly imprisoned under the suspicion of anti-Communist activity.
He was married to the poet Vera Albreht. He died in Ljubljana in 1963 and is buried in the Žale city cemetery.
He was born as Franc Albrecht in the Upper Carniolan town of Kamnik in what was then the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
In 1944, the Nazis sent him to Dachau concentration camp.
Soon after the liberation from Nazi occupation and the establishment of the Communist regime in Yugoslavia in 1945, he was appointed mayor of Ljubljana. He served in that office between 1945 and 1948. In 1948, he was dismissed and shortly imprisoned under the suspicion of anti-Communist activity.
He was married to the poet Vera Albreht. He died in Ljubljana in 1963 and is buried in the Žale city cemetery.
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