On the Use and Abuse of the Archive Materials, Kept by the Secret Services (The Example of a Story About Milovan Ilich, Published in Carinthian War Stories) Cover Image

O rabi in zlorabi arhivskega gradiva tajnih služb (na primeru pripovedi o Milovanu Ilichu, objavljene v Koroških vojnih zgodbah)
On the Use and Abuse of the Archive Materials, Kept by the Secret Services (The Example of a Story About Milovan Ilich, Published in Carinthian War Stories)

Author(s): Mateja Jeraj
Subject(s): Archiving, Military history, Post-War period (1950 - 1989)
Published by: Inštitut za novejšo zgodovino
Keywords: Abuse of the Archive Materials; Secret Services; Milovan Ilich; Carinthian War Stories;

Summary/Abstract: This purpose of this deliberation is to underline the different possibilities of abusing the secret services' archive materials, which may contain extensive data of questionable authenticity. Such documents therefore call for a particularly meticulous and thorough scientific analysis, which, however, has not been the case in the story under consideration. The story exhibits the following specific characteristics: disregard for the specifics of place and time while analysing the sources from the post-war period; unfamiliarity with the characteristics of judicial proceedings in that period; selective use and biased interpretation of available documents; omission of certain important facts; unnecessary and uncritical interpretation of the events from the period after 1970.

  • Issue Year: 58/2018
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 190-205
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Slovenian