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Speeches Guidebook on WWI

Isonzo Front, the Soča
President of the Republic of Slovenia Borut Pahor Valley, Slovenia
Memories
Reflection on the war is reflection about relations and human ties at a number
of levels. When the balance of relations is thrown askew, new, unexpected and
even unpredictable attempts at changing the world are sometimes the result,
very often materialising as war, violence, lawless conduct, inconsolable
mourning on all the fronts that war creates, and also in combativeness, numb
indifference and unselfish sacrifice. More...

Minister of Defence Andreja Katič and Chair of the Slovenian

National Committee for the 100th Anniversary of World War I
(2014-2018)
Slovenians and the First
In her poem Slovo (Farewell) from 1914, Slovenian folk poet Manica Koman World War
described the feelings of young Slovenian men leaving to the battlefields of
World War I. According to historians, some 30,000 of them were deployed at the
very beginning. During the following four years, many more left to war, serving
in almost all branches of the Austrian Hungarian armed forces. Many of them lost
their lives in this tragic shock of war. The war importantly affected life in general
and caused anguish even to the part of the population which had not been
involved in the battles – elderly people, women and children. More...

Former Minister of Defence and former President of the

National Committee Janko Veber
The time we live in now, 100 years after World War I, definitely gives us the Isonzo Front
opportunity to build on the memory of those painful past events in a dignified
manner with a touch of humanity and trust in the goodwill of nations living in
this territory, where the state borders of the neighbouring nations no longer
divide us as strong as they used to. We at the National Committee for
Commemorating the 100th Anniversaries of World War I (2014–2018) feel
therefore great responsibility in making our contribution to even stronger links
among the nations living in this territory, notably through the implementation
of concrete projects. More...

Former Prime Minister Alenka Bratušek International

Encyclopedia of the First
In the years of war, the families of workers and peasants who sacrificed their World War
male members transcended the traditional framework of the man as head of the
family and the woman as housewife. Women had to take up both roles during
the war. They had to overcome their insecurity and fear of the future and take
over the reins. In the struggle for the survival of their families, they took up
female as well as male tasks, even the hardest ones. More...

Former Minister of Defence and former President of the

SLOVENES AND
National Committee Roman Jakič WORLD WAR I by
Petra Svoljšak, Milko
The First World War was, in short, a turning point in the history of Slovenian Kos Historical Institute
military tradition and in shaping the awareness and idea of the Slovenian army
as one of the cornerstones of a mature nation – as a process of national
emancipation necessarily entails an articulated awareness of the national
army. More...

Former President of the National Assembly Janko Veber

The First World War not only brought desolation and victims, but also decisive Map of the Walk of
changes to Slovenians. The national framework of which they had been part Peace
for centuries disintegrated. As a result of peace treaties concluded among the
major forces, to which we were merely inconsequential pawns, a considerable
part of the national territory was lost. More...
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