Dr. Gregor Jenuš: Battles with windmills in the revolutionary period

With the proclamation of the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs on October 29, 1918, Slovenes gained independence from Habsburg rule. Two months later, on December 1, 1918, we merged with the Kingdom of Serbia into the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. Shortly afterwards, the disunity of the Slovene and Yugoslav political courses became apparent. At the most inopportune time, as the world prepared for new borders and new relations, which were decided by high diplomacy at the Paris Peace Conference.

The territories of Styria and Carinthia, where the new Slovenian-Austrian border was formed, were also in the spotlight of international attention. The protagonists on the Slovenian side were general Rudolf Maister and dr. Karel Verstovšek. Their efforts to realize Slovenian interests seemed like a battle with windmills. And this one often blew from a direction you wouldn’t expect it from.

Dr. Gregor Jenuš is employed in the Archives of the Republic of Slovenia. He dedicates his scientific research to the study of national relations in Slovenia, the development of minorities, violations of minority and human rights and the activities of repressive bodies in Slovenia after the Second World War. Within the archives, he is responsible for the archives of internal affairs bodies before 1990. He is the author of two scientific monographs and several original scientific articles, with his contributions he regularly participates in international and national symposia, in the preparation of exhibitions, etc. As an assistant professor at the Department of History at the Faculty of Arts in Maribor, he teaches European and non-European recent and contemporary history.