Ana Valenčič’s memories of the people’s school in Podstenje at the time of Italian rule Cover Image

Spomini Ane Valenčič na ljudsko šolo v Podstenjah v času italijanske oblasti
Ana Valenčič’s memories of the people’s school in Podstenje at the time of Italian rule

Author(s): Ana Mikuletič, Natalija Mikuletič
Subject(s): School education, History of Education, Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Sociology of Education
Published by: Slovenski šolski muzej
Keywords: Podstenje; school; Ilirska Bistrica; Italian authorities; memories; Ana Valenčič;

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the school in Podstenje near Ilirska Bistrica, founded in 1869 and active for 73 years. From the autumn of 1935 until the school was abolished on 4 June 1942, one of its pupils was Ana Valenčič, from the nearby village of Mereče. After World War One, this part of the Primorska region fell to Italy, which introduced a policy of Italianising the Slovenian population. For this purpose, Italy started founding Italian schools and introducing Italian language into the existing schools. Teaching in the one-year people’s school in Podstenje also took place in Italian and in her memories Ana Valenčič returns to that period.

  • Issue Year: 31/2022
  • Issue No: 2-3
  • Page Range: 305-319
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Slovenian
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