The christian socialists of the Primorska (littoral) region, the sole true middle during the NOB and revolution on Slovene territory

Abstract

The article presents the activity of the Christian socialists in the Gorizia region in the years 1941–1945. In the leadership were priests and Catholic declared nonprofessionals that linked up in the joint Narodni svet (National council) with the liberals. The activity was spread over the entire Primorska region. At the aggression on Yugoslavia, they encouraged for organized non-party general Slovene national resistance. They were critical towards the both opposing groups, the Osvobodilna fronta and the Slovenska zaveza that were encountering in the sanguinary civil war. They were in connection with both movements and preventing an outbreak of civil war in the Primorska region. Their goal was nationality and annexation of the Primorska region to Slovenia. Until the end, they remained politically undefined; thus, the both movements named them the Middle of the Gorizia or Primorska region.