Westni – celjski veleindustrialci
The Westens—Leading Industrialists from Celje
Author(s): Milko MikolaSubject(s): Economic history, Local History / Microhistory, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), History of Communism, Fascism, Nazism and WW II
Published by: Študijski center za narodno spravo
Keywords: industry in Celje; the Westen family; entrepreneurship in Slovenia; German industrialists in Slovenia; postwar judicial processes;
Summary/Abstract: The article deals with the entrepreneurial activity of the Westens from 1894, when Adolf Westen Sr established a company for the production of enamelware in Celje, to 1945, when the Communist authorities confiscated all their companies in Slovenia and elsewhere in Yugoslavia. The main emphasis of the article lies on the enamelware factory in Celje, which enabled the Westens to become leading industrialists. Moreover, the author gives an overview of their other companies in Slovenia or Yugoslavia and some other European countries. Furthermore, the article provides a general depiction of the Westens’ attitude towards their workers, Nazism and German occupier authorities, and the Liberation Front.
Journal: Dileme: razprave o vprašanjih sodobne slovenske zgodovine
- Issue Year: 2/2018
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 21-58
- Page Count: 38
- Language: Slovenian