Before the First World War, Slovenians were regarded as the most loyal followers of the Habsburg dynasty, but they opposed the dualistic organizational structure of the Monarchy. The realization of their national goals was long sought after within the framework of the Habsburg Monarchy, but it was a while before a turnaround happened in favor of the Yugoslavs. Even the May Declaration, which was read by the chairman of the Yugoslav Club Anton Ko-rošec in the National Assembly on May 30, 1917, aimed at the Yugoslav state under the rule of the Habsburg dynasty. The heir apparent Franz Ferdinand planed for constitutional changes in favor of Southern Slavs, and after he was assassinated the new Emperor Charles I. also sought changes in these directions. These were opposed energetically by the Hungarians and German nationalists. The new emperor did not have strong support in Vienna, and he lost all of it after the Sixtus affair. The consequence of this was that he lacked the necessary support for constitutional changes or solving of the Yugoslav question.
F.29 Contribution to the development of national cultural identity
COBISS.SI-ID: 45719597The article deals with the historical genesis of the Slovenian national elite, i.e. the circumstances that influenced its formation, its key characteristics, the social status, the relationships between its various segments and the influence of the elite on the developmental dynamics of the Slovenian society. The main emphasis will be on their role in the processes of the modernisation of the system. Here, it will be shown that there are some characteristics of the configuration of the Slovenian elite that are an obstacle for establishing institutional conditions for the development of an open and a democratic society. In this, it is important to highlight mainly the high level of the reproduction of the elite, the lack of pluralism, the politisation and the weak roots of the principles of meritocracy in the recruitment to elite positions.
F.29 Contribution to the development of national cultural identity
COBISS.SI-ID: 45744173Avgust Praprotnik (Ljubljana, 5 October 1891–20 February 1942) was an important Slovenian banker and entrepreneur as well as one of the leading representatives of the Slovenian pre-war liberal side. From the mid-1920s onwards, he was among the leading industrial entrepreneurs in Slovenia, the president of multiple industrial companies and mines and the leader of important economic institutions and various associations. Due to accusations of collaboration with the Italian occupying authorities, he was assassinated by the Communists’ Security Intelligence Service on 20 February 1942. After the war, the Communist authorities confiscated the property of his heirs.
F.02 Acquisition of new scientific knowledge
COBISS.SI-ID: 45744429Ciril Žebot was one of the closest co-workers of dr. Lambert Ehrlich in the period when Ehrlich was a professor at the Faculty of Theology in Ljubljana and the spiritual leader of the Academic Club Straža (Watch). The article deals with the Catholic students’ movements at the university and the foundation of the Academic Club Straža, which is where Žebot had one of the key positions up until his departure to Rome in October 1943; after Ehrlich was murdered, Žebot led Straža with Franc Casar and was its conceptual leader. He was one of the founders of the publication Straža v viharju (Watch in the Tempest), which was being published from 1943 onwards, and was also a member of the action committee that strove to complement the University of Ljubljana. Ciril Žebot was supposed to accompany the minister Franc Kulovec and the government as a secretary abroad; however, Kulovec was killed during a bomb attack in Belgrade on 6 April 1941. Along with Ehrlich, an expert on borders, he was still supposed to accompany the government, but there was no space in the aeroplane for the ministers’ Slovenian entourage. He was one of the biggest opponents of communism and the Liberation Front and was a proponent of a united Slovenia; however, he envisaged Slovenians in a broader Central European frame.
F.02 Acquisition of new scientific knowledge
COBISS.SI-ID: 45744685On September 18 and 19, 2019, an international conference entitled Slovenian Jewish Heritage was held at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The conference was attended by dr. Renato Podbersič, who presented the paper Jewish Cemetery in Rožna Dolina. The Jewish cemetery in Rožna Dolina near Nova Gorica is the largest cemetery of its kind in Slovenia. Until September 1947, the Jewish cemetery formed a whole together with the synagogue in Gorizia (Italy), established by the former Jewish community of Gorizia, which ceased to exist in 1969. Even though the said cemetery, as well as the Jewish funeral parlour, is no longer in use today, it continues to serve as a splendid example of the preserved Jewish cultural heritage, which is yet to be properly appraised.
F.18 Transfer of new know-how to direct users (seminars, fora, conferences)
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