The Slovene Covenant (Slovenska zaveza) was an underground anti-communist organisation formed in Slovenia in April 1942[1] by a number of non-communist political parties after the killing of Avgust Praprotnik (1891–1942) by operatives from the Security and Intelligence Service (Varnostnoobveščevalna služba, VOS), a forerunner of the Yugoslav secret police.[2] It "adopted a political programme that strongly echoed the political positions of the OF" (Osvobodilna fronta).[3] In 1943 anti-communist forces including the Slovene Covenant engaged in armed conflict against Partisan forces in the country and were defeated.[3]
See also
edit- Miha Krek, Slovenian lawyer
- Marko Natlačen, Slovenian politician and jurist
- Leon Rupnik, Slovene general and Nazi collaborator
- Liberalism in Slovenia
- Slovenes, Slovenian people
- Slovene Partisans, part of Europe's most effective anti-Nazi resistance movement
- Slovene Lands in World War II
References
edit- ^ Czech Republic Timeline. World Atlas. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
- ^ Gregor J. Kranjc. To Walk with the Devil. University of Toronto Press (2013). ISBN 9781442660533
- ^ a b James Gow, Cathie Carmichael. Slovenia and the Slovenes: A Small State and the New Europe pp. 48, 49. C. Hurst & Co. (2000) ISBN 9781850654285
Further reading
edit- Leopoldina Plut-Pregelj, Carole Rogel. The A to Z of Slovenia. Rowman & Littlefield (2010) ISBN 9780810872165
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