Vatican and the fascist government in »resolving the situation« in the dioceses of Venezia Giulia in the 1930s where the majority of the population was Slovenian and Croatian. After the conclusion of the Concordat of 1929, due to the high impact and important role of the Slovenian and Croatian clergy among the population, the situation in Venezia Giulia was a very sensitive one for the Church and as such demanded a cautious policy. The author illustrates the role of the apostolic visitors (»the third party«), as it appeared in these specific cases and as it transformed from the institute aiming to provide »fair and independent mediation« into its exact opposite – an executor (application instrument) of the decisions already taken by the centres of power (Rome and the Vatican), thus representing only an appearance of independence, neutrality and fairness characteristic of the role of the »third party«. The Vatican, which was caught up in »dangerous liaisons« with the government in Rome, sent apostolic visitors to Friuli Venezia Giulia to act as the “third party” and investigate the situation on the ground (visitor Luca Pasetto, visitor Rossini, etc.). As a rule, these visitations were followed by replacements of »unfit« people at the diocesan and other positions of the church hierarchy of Venezia Giulia.
COBISS.SI-ID: 2444499
Scientific article describes work of dr. Josip Wilfan in the Congress of European Nationalities. It demonstrates the context, concepts and proposals that Josip Wilfan (later Josip Vilfan) made to cope with an equalization of citizenship and nationality that has established itself with ideology and political practice of fascism in Venezia Giulia. Wilfan (along with co-workers as Ewald Ammende, Ferdinand von Uxküll, Paul Schiemann, Engelbert Besednjak, etc.) created an integrated concept of cultural autonomy and the framework for the protection of European minorities that should come into operation in all European countries. Minority issue should be "generalized" and the formal and substantive minority statuses across Europe should be equalized. It was a far-sighted plan that in Europe today is still not realized.
COBISS.SI-ID: 2440147
The study deals with the changes that have emerged in the ethnic structure of the population in the northern Adriatic space after the First World War. Attention is paid to the Czech community, which was increasingly present and socially active throughout the area mainly from the early years of the 20th century on. Their activity was interrupted by the war conflict, but on the basis of the data analysis one could claim that, although in a modified form, the presence still exists in the 20s and 30s when the area is part of Italy, which repeatedly preformed strong assimilationist policy against the non-Italian communities. The study also raises new questions concerning the continuity and the changes brought about by global conflict in the Northern Adriatic.
COBISS.SI-ID: 2440403