World War II and its consequences for the inhabitants of White Carniola (1941–1945)

Abstract

The paper describes how the turmoil of war caused by the Axis Powers’ occupation and dismemberment of Slovenia in April 1941 affected White Carniola. Or more accurately, it seeks to demonstrate how the local inhabitants were affected by historical developments that took place in the wake of the military occupation, namely, the (armed) resistance of a part of the population against the occupier, occupation and revolutionary violence, collaboration, as well as the civil conflict between Slovenes, which broke out amidst the turmoil of war. The consequences of wartime events are treated from the viewpoint of war fatalities among the population of White Carniola.