The following contribution discusses the bilateral relations between Yugoslavia and the Federal Republic of Germany since the end of the state of war between these countries in 1951 until the ...attainment of the Slovenian independence. It focuses on the time before the attainment of the Slovenian independence; when Yugoslavia was, in the eyes of the Federal Republic of Germany, a kind of a “special case or Sonderfall”, which is why it was treated differently as the other socialist states, especially those that belonged to the Eastern Bloc. Throughout all of this time, the relations between the states were good, we could even say friendly, despite certain unsolved questions (e.g. the issue of the reparations for the Nazi war crimes). They were at their best in the times of social democratic governments in which Willy Brandt participated, while Slovenian politicians played a major role in the bilateral relations. This later contributed to the fact that the Federal Republic of Germany played what was perhaps the most important role in the attainment of the Slovenian independence and its recognition.
The article alters or amends the previous realisations about the life of Field Marshall Svetozar Boroević von Bojna. At the same time it also attempts to provide answers to certain dilemmas arising ...from his biography. It discusses the questions and dilemmas like: was he a hero or bon vivant? Was he Croatian or Serbian, born in Mečenčani or Umetić? When was he ennobled, in 1902 or 1905? Was he a baron at all? It also clarifies which decorations of the Order of Maria Theresa he received and when.
The following contribution focuses on the peculiarities of the post-war retaliation of the Yugoslav/Slovenian authorities against those members of the German national minority in Slovenia who ...remained in Slovenia after the war. It is written on the basis of German and Austrian archive materials. These sources define the three peculiarities of the retaliation: swift executions, deportation of the German-speaking population across the »green border« to Austria, and the alleged deportation to other parts of Yugoslavia and Soviet Union.
The paper deals with a genesis of economic and political integrations after the second world war. After explaining the original situation and reasons, the author deals with some concrete examples of ...European integrations, with a special emphasis on economic and social aspects.
The paper presents the main events and processes in the world during the 'Thirties'. The main characteristic of the 1930s was the ascent of the Fascist and Nazi ideologies and social systems, on the ...one hand, and the organisation of resistance to them, on the other. Although the period between the two world wars was marked by catastrophic events, such as Stalinism, Fascism, Nazism and the dictatorships inspired by them, the Spanish civil war, the collapse of Austria and Czechoslovakia, as well as the Great Depression and its consequences, this was also the time of stable democracies, which together with the Soviet 'people's democracy' provided a basis for the subsequent anti-Fascist coalition.
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