The paper analyses the relations between the 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.
COBISS.SI-ID: 1320581
In this contribution, the author shows the internal relations of Italians, Friulians, Croats, and Slovenians, the four peoples who come together in the northern Adriatic region. The discussion focuses on the Slovenian-Italian conflict that began to emerge in the mid-19th century, especially in Trieste, which developed into a multicultural economic centre. To counterbalance the Italian irredentist movement the Slovenians hatched their own plan to create a united Slovenia. The end of World War I resolved the controversy in Italy’s favour. The Austro-Hungarian Empire collapsed, and, due to the secret London Agreement in 1915, Italy annexed a large part of the Slovenian ethnic area. During World War II, ending with the victory of the Yugoslavian partisans after the defeat of Italy and the end of the Third Reich, the partisans advanced to the Soča River, “liberating” Trieste and Gorica. Under the pressure of the Allied Forces, however, they soon had to retreat from the western part of Giulia Venezia. A decade-long conflict over the borders between Yugoslavia and Italy followed, which was only formally settled years later in 1975 with the Treaty of Osimo.
COBISS.SI-ID: 1537205188
Author describe the Nazi rule in the occupied territory of Slovenia and compare it whit italian police in their occupied territory. The nazi goal was to erase the existence of the Slovenes as a nation and total germanisation of the occupied areas. Fascist Italy did not yet have a well-defi ned specific plan about what to do with the occupied Slovenian territory. The main interes of italian politics was the italianization of Dalmatia.
COBISS.SI-ID: 3141492