Katolički vjeronauk u istarskim školama – od potiskivanja do izbacivanja (1945.-1952.)
CATHOLIC RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION AT ISTRIAN SCHOOLS – FROM REPRESSION TO SUPPRESSION (1945-1952)

Summary/Abstract: In the context of series of repressive measures which the Yugoslav Communist regime carried out against the Catholic Church following the liberation, and with the aim extorting allegiance or, on the other hand, completely eliminating the social role of the Church, what took place, sometimes openly, sometimes secretly, was the repression of religious instruction as a subject of the school curriculum. In this article, on the basis of archival sources, the author traces the path from repression to complete suppression of religious instruction in schools in Istria. In certain situations an attempt was made to give repressive measures against religious instruction in schools a formal legalistic basis, in which case legal decrees were rather freely interpreted. The prohibition of religious instruction, according to the decree of the minister of education, science and culture was merely a logical conclusion to the various measures taken previously against religious instruction in state schools.

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