The thesis tackles the question of the existence and the mechanisms of transmission of war-related trauma in the Slovenian society. In the scientific community, the predominant opinion is that the transmission of trauma does exist but due to the complexity of the problematics there is no uniform model or agreement regarding the specific transmission mechanisms. The introduction of the thesis includes the presentation of the mechanisms of transmission of trauma, the consequences of trauma and its transmission and the methods of mitigation of the consequences, all of which are considered important and appear in the results as well. The research was conducted with the use of the qualitative method with semi-structured interviews. It involved the participation of four Slovenian families consisting of members of different generations. The two first-generation interviewees, each representing one family, participated in the battles as partisans, one interviewee cooperated on both conflicting parties, whereas the fourth and final interviewee fought for the Slovenian Home Guard. The data was analysed based on experimental theory and with the help of the software package RQDA. The results implicate that trauma can be transmitted from a war participant to his descendants through silence, family stories, intuitive communication and other mechanisms. The trauma of military veterans manifests itself in nightmares and frequent recollections of traumatizing events accompanied with intense emotions. In families, the positive and the negative consequences of war-related trauma can be observed in the attitude towards history, former enemies and their descendants, the Church and other subjects. Not all participants of war were traumatised. Moreover, it is rather difficult to characterise a particular trait exclusively as a consequence of war-related trauma 75 years after the war ended. Therefore, any rash conclusions are ill-advised.
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