The history of the Partisan puppet theatre began on Goteniški Snežnik, at the printing post »11A« (latter-day »Triglav«), where they had sent Lojze Lavrič. Lojze was from a family of puppeteers , and had brought wood for the puppets from home. At the end of December 1943 the first to emerge out of the pieces of wood was courier Jurček. Soon Lojze took four more as yet unclothed puppets to the graphic studio in the valley of Stare Žage under Rog. Nikolaj Pirnat drew sketches for the heads of Hitler, SS-er, a fascist and a member of the White Guard (three thieves), a gymnast, a clown and Lili Marlen. It is here that Jurček got his name.