Italy .281919.E2.80.931947.29 Istria



after world war , dissolution of austria-hungary, there strong local movement toward istrian independence, in end istria partitioned italy in treaty of rapallo (1920).


istria s political , economic importance declined under italian rule, , after fascist takeover of italy in 1922, italian government began campaign of forced italianization. in 1926, use of slavic languages banned, extent slavic family names ordered changed suit fascist authorities.


the organization tigr, founded in 1927 young slovene liberal nationalists gorizia region , trieste , regarded first armed antifascist resistance group in europe, penetrated slovene , croatian-speaking parts of istria.


in world war ii, istria became battleground of competing ethnic , political groups. pro-fascist, pro-allied, istrian nationalist, , yugoslav-supported pro-communist groups fought each other , italian army. after german withdrawal in 1945, yugoslav partisans gained upper hand , began violent purge of real or suspected opponents in orgy of revenge .








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