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“Wolves and Hyenas.” Examples of the “Reckoning” with the Lower Styrian Germans (and the All-German “Homeland Defence”) during the Upheaval
Author(s): Filip ČučekSubject(s): History of ideas, Nationalism Studies, Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Fascism, Nazism and WW II, Social Norms / Social Control
Published by: Inštitut za novejšo zgodovino
Keywords: Lower Styria; upheaval; transformation; transition; de-Austrianisation; Slovenianisation; Slovenians; Germans; reckoning;
Summary/Abstract: In the following contribution, the author analyses the upheaval in Lower Styria (especially in the “endangered” areas) through the prism of the examples of the reckoning with the Lower Styrian Germans. The establishment of the new state terrifed the Germans. Many German civil servants were dismissed practically every day, while, on the other hand, the Slovenian side euphorically looked towards the future. The events that followed spread hatred (and fear) of the Germans, who felt increasingly threatened. The most fervent “defence” of the Lower Styrian Germans came fom the Grazer Tagblat newspaper fom Graz, which kept constantly arguing (for two decades) that Lower Styria should be annexed back to the German nation (which eventually really happened).
Journal: Prispevki za novejšo zgodovino (before 1960: Prispevki za zgodovino delavskega gibanja)
- Issue Year: 61/2021
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 67-102
- Page Count: 36
- Language: Slovenian