==Family==His two brothers Franc Melik (born 1885), and Ivan Melik (born 1894) were killed in a grove known as Kozler's Thicket (, named after its former owner Peter Kosler), on November 25, 1943 together with 12 other victims by a unit of the collaborationist Slovenian Home Guard militia under the command of Franc Frakelj.
== Familia ==Sus dos hermanos Franc Melik (n. 1885) e Ivan Melik (n. 1894) murieron en el llamado "Matorral de Kozler" (esloveno, Kozlerjeva gošča) que recibe su nombre de su anterior propietario, Peter Kozler) el 25 de noviembre de 1943 junto con otras doce víctimas por una unidad de las colaboracionistas Milicias populares eslovenas bajo el mando de Franc Frakelj.