Some sources trace the Black Hand's inception to a February 1944 meeting of various anti-Partisan and Nazi leaders that allegedly took place in Trieste.

[4] Members were often young and pious men from a rural background who likely joined the group due to the influence of local religious authorities.

[4] Black Hand operatives usually carried out assassinations by breaking into victims' houses at night, sometimes executing the targets in front of their families.

[4] Victims were often suspected members or supporters of the Liberation Front (sometimes eminent individuals) whose connection with the group could not be proven.

Germans usually deported their POWs to concentration camps, while the Home Guard desired a more severe and immediate retribution against its captives.

[4] -70 victims (Žrtve vojne in revolucije, Krogi nasilja med Slovenci v vojnih letih 1941–1945, dr. Boris Mlakar, 2004)[4] -129 victims, 13 Black Hand casualties during the war (Nasilje vojnih in povojnih dni, Vida Deželak Barić, Nevenka Troha (editor))[4] -cca.