Koroški plebiscit – 100 let kasneje

Topics: Carinthian plebiscite of 1920 | Collections Carinthian Slovenes | Ethnicity issue
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After the end of the horrors of war and the conclusion of the State Treaty on the restoration of an independent and democratic Austria in 1955, the abolition of compulsory bilingual schooling in southern Carinthia in 1958, the “war against local signs – Ortstafelsturm” in 1972, and a special census in 1976 continued and maintained the distrust (even “fear”) of Slovenes on both sides of the Karawanks. This began to soften after Slovenia’s independence and after several attempts at dialogue between the minority and the majority, which culminated in the so-called consensus group. It appears that the current situation and political forces in Austria, and especially in Carinthia, are favorable to a positive resolution of the minority issue.

From a review by Prof. Dr. Peter Vodopivec