Ciril Žebot was a member of the Academic Club Straža and a close associate of prof. Lambert Ehrlich. He stood up for a united and sovereign Slovenia. Secret police VOS made preparations for his “liquidation”. The Gestapo was following him since 1941, so after the Italian capitulation in 1943 he withdrew to Rome. He was general secretary of Intermarium. He founded the Action Committee for the United Slovenia. He was Professor of comparative economic systems at the universities of Pittsburgh and Washington. He was considered a leader of the movement for the independent Slovenia. In Canada and in the United States he organized the Movement for an Independent Slovenian State and helped to found the paper Slovenian State. Ciril Žebot had friendly relations with the Senator Lausche, who was of Slovenian origin. He forwarded a number of memoranda to the White House, the State Department and to Congress. In 1968 he was the fi rst time in Slovenia again, he followed an invitation of Stane Kavčič. After the “road aff air” he was subject of severe attacks by Edvard Kardelj. Žebot wrote a convincing answer to Kardelj‘s attacks in the brochure The Answer to Edvard Kardelj. The Secret Police followed the political immigrants till the breakdown of the Communist regime, especially also Ciril Žebot, who was considered as one of the greatest opponents. He left quite numerous publications, a number of scientifi c books and political and economic contributions. He published two books entitled Slovenia Yesterday,Today and Tomorrow, in 1967 and 1969 and in 1988 the monograph Timeless Slovenia. Žebot's books were prohibited in Slovenia.
COBISS.SI-ID: 1539461
The article deals with the activities of the Catholic Church in Gorizia region during the year of 1917. The Gorizia clergy, mostly very loyal to the state and the Habsburg ruling family, shared the sad fate of the Gorizia archdiocese during the war, as it suffered from bloody fighting on the Isonco front. The priests did not directly participate in the military engagements, but they did help in many ways the tested population either in exile or in the hinterland of the front. At the breakthrough at Kobarid in the fall of 1917, the majority of Gorizia clergy was sincerely delighted at the Austro-Hungarian victory and the crushing Italian defeat.
COBISS.SI-ID: 44063277
On the basis of the analysis of testimonies, the article presents restriction of freedom of religion during socialism. After the end of the Second World War, the new communist authorities saw in the Catholic Church one of its greatest opponents. The strained relations were much felt by the faithful in their everyday life, especially during the first post-war period, when the authorities rapidly spread their influence through the education of youth and the secularization of society. Although the negative attitude towards the Church began to relax somewhat since the 1960s, the authorities, with various measures, continued to promote secularization. Only political change in the second half of the 1980s brought the guarantee of true freedom of religion. The article seeks to highlight those segments where individuals in the period of socialism were most affected by the interference of the authorities with their religious freedom. It is also shown that the conditions often depended on individuals and their political zeal and on the local environment.
COBISS.SI-ID: 7998554
The study presents the violence that was carried out by the military and other armed units under the ruling influence of the Communist Party in the area of central Notranjska during the Second World War. The area from Notranje Gorice, Brezovica, Borovnica, via Vrhnika, Logatec to Hotedršica, Kalce and Planina is presented. For easier and more complete comprehension of events in the considered area, the study partly describes some events in the surrounding area too, mostly in the Polhov Gradec Dolomites, which were particularly closely linked to this area. Regular Partisan units, the Security and Intelligence Service, the Army of State Security and the Department for the Protection of People did not only act against the occupying forces, but also often carried out violence against the civilian population. The author tries to answer the following questions: what was the nature of revolutionary violence against the population, how large was the number of victims, whether the violence was directed against the collaborators of the occupying forces or against the political-ideological opponents, how the village guards and later home guards organized because of the communist revolution. The account of revolutionary violence in Notranjska region covers mainly the years 1941, 1942 and 1943.
COBISS.SI-ID: 297774592
The following contribution focuses on the living conditions during socialism. The analysis was carried out on the basis of oral sources. Standard, consumerism and consumer practices represent an important segment of everyday life; in fact, narrators devoted most of their memories to this topic. In Yugoslavia, consumerism developed under the influence of both socialist and consumer values, and consumer practices were influenced by the growth of standard of living and the lack of and restrictions in the distribution of goods. In their efforts for a better standard of living, people were flexible and resourceful. They tried to align political and economic constraints with their consumer preferences and desires for a better life. Satisfaction with the growing standard of living gave legitimacy to the authorities as well. But people’s desires were constantly growing due to the evolving consumer culture. Narrators often supported their achievements with anecdotes about their shopping ventures. The 1960s and 1970s brought growth of the standard of living and consumer development, while the 1980s lead to increasing inflation and large supply constraints. All of this contributed to the discontent of people and the growing criticism of the system.
COBISS.SI-ID: 44007213