The founding of the Republic of Slovenia is marked by the erasure, which is often an overlooked part of the country's history. Ethnical nationalism has accompanied the downfall of Yugoslavia. The independence of the Republic of Slovenia is connected to promotion of the development of the national consciousness. The side effect of the urge to be united is the creation of stigmatised “Others”. National identities are established in the relationships with others. The consequence of this fact was the growing differentiation between “Us” – Slovenes, and “Others” – the Balkans. The public and media discourse was reproducing and fortifying these differences amongst people. The consequences of the erasure are extensive. Erasure of one family member also affects all of the other family members. These people have had to face social exclusion, social and financial difficulties, health issues etc. The area of how exactly did the erasure impact the children of The Erased is still very unresearched. Because nearly 30 years have already passed since the erasure, the children of The Erased are now fully grown adults that can verbalise their experience and play the role of the population for my research. Social work follows the postmodern paradigm, therefore I have chosen to use the narrative method to perform my research. This method allows me to see past the strict and artificial differentiation between micro, mezzo and macro levels, who are in fact intertwined amongst themselves. The narrative approach allow us to emerge deeper into the comprehension of the world as seen by the individual, and also allows us to place it in a wider cultural context. I perform narrative interviews with three adults, whose fathers had been erased. With the combination of different techniques of the narrative analysis I try to transform the interviews into stories. The experiences of the individuals are diverse and unique. That is why it is not suitable to generalize the research findings. The three stories can be placed in the wider social narrative, which testifies about the inequal proportion between power of the individual and the power of the state and its institutions. The results of the research are an important contribution to understanding the area of intergenerational consequences of the bureaucratic genocide. The results are intended for The Erased and their children, but they can also be used to provide greater understanding of these people when they are in need of professional help.
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