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- Title
»Kulturbundovci« na zatožni klopi: ozadje sodnih procesov poleti 1945.
- Authors
KLADNIK, MATEJA ČOH
- Abstract
In the summer of 1945 military courts and the Court of Slovenian National Honour held numerous political trials against "national enemies" and "domestic traitors". Most people at these trials were convicted due to their political collaboration with the occupier during the war. The highest number of trials referred to the Kulturbund membership and were mostly held in Maribor and Celje. Hearings were usually short and fast. Sentences were high and usually included the confiscation of property with long-term consequences. Legal practice after 1991 shows that the Supreme Court of the Republic of Slovenia consented to protection of legality claims which challenged verdicts referring to Kulturbund membership. The court decided that the mere membership in the Kulturbund should not be punishable by law. Such allegations point to the incrimination of status and not to the actual and defined criminal offence, which the accused were supposed to do. An exact number of people, convicted because of Kulturbund membership is still not known.
- Subjects
SLOVENIA; MARIBOR (Slovenia); APPELLATE courts; CONSTITUTIONAL courts; CRIMINAL law; CONFISCATIONS; TRIALS (Law)
- Publication
Arhivi, 2021, Vol 44, Issue 1, p51
- ISSN
0351-2835
- Publication type
Article