The master's thesis addresses firefighting activities in Ljubljana related to World War II. It chronologically reviews certain activities of firefighters starting from the 1930s and further describes the changes and events during the first year and a half of the war, when Ljubljana was occupied by the Italians. However, the thesis does not focus exclusively on professional and volunteer firefighters, as the scope of firefighting tasks and roles during the war extended even to ordinary citizens, who had to adapt to the new circumstances.
One of the major challenges of the thesis is the sources, which are particularly scarce for the wartime period, a fact highlighted in a chapter following the introduction. The thesis examines the firefighting organization before the war, with an emphasis on its modernization and the incorporation of wartime content into the workflow, publications, and other areas. It further discusses the actual preparations for war, which began after the attack on Poland. This led to the establishment of the Protective Office, preparations for potential air raids that included the civilian population, and education for wartime conditions. The thesis then details the actual operations of professional firefighters and the fate of volunteers during the occupation. A table
of interventions in 1941 and 1942 is presented in the thesis and contextualized accordingly. The final part summarizes the resistance movement within the firefighting ranks.
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