The article, based on Slovene sources and previous research, reveals how the post-war Yugoslav authorities (the Communist Party of Slovenia and the OZNA/UDBA secret agencies) accused the majority of leading members of the illegal anti-Fascist Slovene and Croatian movements in Primorska (“TIGR”) of being “hirelings” of the West or their "agents" or "spies". By taking into account previously inaccessible primary British sources kept by the National Archives in London, the author discusses the views of British secret services on the alleged TIGR’s connection with illegal activities.
COBISS.SI-ID: 1266643
Having studied recently declassified documents, the author sheds light on the Anglo-American estimates of actions of Slovene partisans against the German communications on the south railway line. The article points out how acts of sabotage became of vital importance for the British and Americans in the spring of 1944 when they wanted to divert the attention of the German army to other places in Europe. Special emphasis is placed on the two most important operations: “Bearskin” (carried out in June 1944 in Slovenia) and “Ratweek” (launched in September 1944 throughout the Yugoslav territory).
COBISS.SI-ID: 1501395
The paper provides new insights into the issue of the “foibas” (killings of Italians in the Julian March). It sheds light on the main historiographical questions and explains how to correctly employ the historical context when interpreting it – how to contextualize the “first foibas” committed after 8 September 1943 in Istria and to “foibas” committed after 1 May 1945 in the Julian March. The paper also explores what caused the phobia about foibas among supporters of Italy before the end of WWII, and discusses the Yugoslav policy on the expurgation and the main unsolved problems.
COBISS.SI-ID: 1172179
The paper is the first synthetic scientific presentation of the history of the first radio broadcasting in the Slovene language in the Primorska region after WWII, with Radio Trst (Trieste) having been established in 1945 and Radio Koper (Capodistria) in 1949. So far, the topic has been only briefly mentioned in memoirs or occasional notes, whereas the paper, by contrast, takes into account and analyzes the most relevant archival sources, and places special emphasis on the propaganda function of radio broadcasting in one of the key areas of post-war Europe divided by the Cold War.
COBISS.SI-ID: 1414355
This is the first theoretical and methodological synthesis of how the history of secret services in the Slovene territory has been treated in Slovene historiography. The paper first describes the current state of affairs and compares it with the situation in foreign historiography. It continues by explaining what the history of secret services really is and how historians should research it (in particular that of the 20th century). In the end, the paper points out the problem of unpublished primary archival sources and lists the most relevant new holdings of The National Archives in London.
COBISS.SI-ID: 2252232