Long Tradition of Racism in Slovenia
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beheaded
Pod Trancho in Ljubljana because he kissed a Christian girl.
Then the good burghers of Ljubljana collected 4000 goldinars and
petitioned
Emperor Maximilian to expel all Jews from Ljubljana on account that
they are
doing the city "great harm." The emperor granted their request and
the Jews
had to leave Ljubljana in a hurry. They went to Venice. Actually they
were lucky
considering what would happen to them if they stayed.
arahne
> Slovenian racism goes as far back as 1500 ...
As anyone who has been to Slovenia in the last 30 years
will confirm, that the level of racism in Slovenia is
relatively low. If not for anything else, because
there are so few people from other races, that no
sane person sees them as a treat. I assume Jews
and Roma to be the same race as Slovenians.
> The emperor granted their request and the Jews
> had to leave Ljubljana in a hurry. They went to Venice. Actually they
> were lucky considering what would happen to them if they stayed.
Both Slovenian and Venetian Jews were mostly deported to
concentration camps and killed. In Slovenia, this crime was
committed by the occupying German and Italian armed forces.
In Italy, this was done by the facsist government.
Slovenians were also deported to German (Dachau, Auschwitz
and Italian (Rab, Rizarna in Trst) concentration camps, many
died there.
In Slovenia, some Jews were able to join the partisan resistance
movement and survived the WWII.
For a more complete and accurate history of Jews in Slovenia
check this document.
www.heritageabroad.gov/reports/doc/slovenia_survey.pdf
There are still Jews living in Ljubljana, and some are
my friends and neighbors.
Dušan Peterc