Italijanski kolonializem in Slovenci kot vojaki in delavci v Italijanski vzhodni Afriki 1935-1940

Orel, Urban (author), Klabjan, Borut (mentor), Mikša, Peter (comentor)

Magistrsko delo analizira italijanski kolonializem od njegovih skromnih začetkov do vključno druge italijansko-abesinske vojne in osvojitve Etiopije ter posledičnega nastanka Italijanske vzhodne Afrike leta 1936. Posebej se osredotoča na vlogo Slovencev v italijanskem kolonializmu, njihovo vlogo v drugi italijansko-abesinski vojni in njihovo kasnejšo vlogo pri gradnji in vzdrževanju italijanskega kolonialnega imperija na Afriškem rogu. V veliki večini Slovenci, ki so v letih 1922-1943 živeli pod fašistično Italijo, njeni politiki niso bili naklonjeni. Vseeno so morali služiti vojaški rok v italijanskih oboroženih silah, pogosto tudi v kolonijah. Glavna tematika tega dela je ravno ta nenavaden in protisloven položaj slovenskih vojakov in delavcev, ki so po eni strani bili hote ali nehote predstavniki italijanske oblasti v njenih kolonijah, po drugi strani pa so bili tudi sami doma zatirani s strani italijanskega režima.

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: Italija, kolonializem, Slovenci, Italijanska vzhodna Afrika.
• Work type: Master's thesis/paper
• Organization: FF - Faculty of Arts
• Year: 2020
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-117885
• Publication date in RUL: 01.08.2020

OREL, Urban, 2020, Italijanski kolonializem in Slovenci kot vojaki in delavci v Italijanski vzhodni Afriki 1935-1940 [online]. Master’s thesis. [Accessed 16 May 2025]. Retrieved from: https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/IzpisGradiva.php?lang=eng&id=117885

Secondary language

• Language: English
• Title: Italian colonialism and Slovenes as soldiers and workers in Italian East Africa 1935-1940

Abstract

The following master's thesis ananalyses Italian colonialism, from its humble beginnings, up to the Second Italo-Ethiopian War, the conquest of Ethiopia and the subsequent establishment of Italian East Africa in 1936. It specifically focuses on the role of Slovenes in Italian colonialism, their role in the Second Italo-Ethiopian War and their subsequent role in construction and maintenance of the Italian colonial empire in the Horn of Africa. The vast majority of Slovenes living under fascist Italy in 1922-1943, were not sympathetic to its policies. Nevertheless, they had to serve their national service in its armed forces, often deployed to colonies.The main theme of this thesis is thus the peculiar and contradictory position of Slovenian soldiers and workers, who on one side were willingly or not representatives of Italian authority in its colonies, while on the other side they themselves were oppressed by Italian regime.

• Keywords: Italy, colonialism, Slovenes, Italian east Africa.