On the international meeting, which was attended by historians from Croatia, Slovenia and Italy, dr. Bajc presented the report, which considered the critical importance of AngloAmerican archival sources that is dealing with postwar forms of violence in Venezia Giulia, ie the socalled foibas.
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COBISS.SI-ID: 2104787On the international meeting, which was attended by historians from Croatia, Slovenia and Italy, dr. Pirjevec presented the problem of abuse of the historical problem of socalled foibas in Italian politics and society (e.g. in massmedia) in general.
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COBISS.SI-ID: 2104531Historiography has already thoroughly explored the Anglo-American policy towards Yugoslavia, but not as much is known about the issue of violence. The author presented, from the substantive viewpoint, the British and US outlook on the most important aspects of this issue: violence committed by the occupiers and the »national« opposing formations, as well as post-war violence of the new Yugoslav authorities (extrajudicial executions, deportations, attitude towards prisoners, political repression, etc.). He also underlined the key methodological questions, for example, what was supposedly the actual interest of the Western Allies in violence – and in all of its perpetrators – in Yugoslavia during and after the war, who informed them, and how they managed to follow the developments.
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COBISS.SI-ID: 2305747Jože Pirjevec analysed the topic of memorials in the area of Trieste that underwent a metamorphosis at least twice during the last 2 cent. 1st it was transformed from a remote seaside town to a cosmopolitan metropolis, then, after WW1, it tried to steer clear of its multiculturalism and become “the most Italian of cities”. The 2nd transformation made victims of the Slovenes, but also of the Italians who became entrapped inside their ethnical exclusiveness. This lead to tensions and tragedies which are symbolised by the “foiba” and the memorial in honour of 4 executed hostages: both in Bazovica.
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COBISS.SI-ID: 1903571At the international scientific conference, dr. Bajc addressed the complex question of the so called foibas against the background of the political violence taking place in Julian March and in Yugoslavia after WW2. He demostrated how a series of conflicts among social classes as well as within and among nations found their expression and how they were characterised by the ideology of the revolutionary seizing of power by the winners – the Yugoslav communist authorities on one hand and by their violence towards the defeated on the other hand.
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