The thesis is based on the analysis of a selected archival fonds, which deals with the emigration of people from the ethnically Slovene territory to Western European countries in the year 1940. The main concepts that appear in the discourse on emigration and relocation are presented. It briefly describes the mass emigration that was a parallel and integral part of the modern and technological changes in the world at that time. Because the archive collection shows that most people emigrated to Germany and France, the thesis examines the circumstances and attitudes towards immigrants in those two countries. The results of the analysis are divided into two parts. The first part deals with the analysis of questionnaires that had to be filled before emigrants left. The second part presents an analysis of various lists of emigrants from the year 1940.
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