Many Slovenian Witnesses of Jehovah were intensely persecuted by the Nazis. Franc was one of the first of them to be executed for his religious convictions.
धार्मिक विश्‍वासांबद्दल मृत्यूदंड मिळालेल्यांपैकी फ्रान्ट्‌स हा पहिला होता.