AFŽ or "a completely ruined woman!"

Morality and the National Liberation Front movement during World War 2

Abstract

The National Liberation Front movement included both men and women. In order to succeed, it had to gain support among the masses. The masses supplied it with food, clothing and information. The majority of the population in Slovenia was expressly conservative at the time. It was necessary for the Liberation Front to become acceptable to the majority, despite its socialist and revolutionary ideas. The Front did that by incorporating traditional patterns into its operations. The article will focus on the practice of separating men and women fighters in military units and the meetings dedicated to criticism and self-criticism. The conservative elements of the National Liberation Front movement decisively stabilized society at the end of the war.