Komen – the Paris of the Karst

Interpretation of local history based on oral and newspaper sources from the first half of the 20th century

Abstract

The main purpose of this article is to present the local history of village Komen in the first half of the 20th century, when the inhabitants lived under the scepter of the two governments: the Austro-Hungarian and Italian. Since in the Second World War (15 February 1944) Komen and three neighboring villages burnt down, the maelstrom of the war destroyed the external image of the village, familiar, community, church and school archives, the interpretation of the local history is presented on the basis of the comparison and analysis of individual memories, letters from newspapers Soča, Edinost and Goriška straža and preserved old postcards. Under the microscope was exposed the development of the municipal administration, economy, tourism and cultural lives.