Dr Otmar Pirkmajer, the rector of the UNRRA Free Europe University and his work for refugees Cover Image

Dr. Otmar Pirkmajer, rektor UNRRA univerze Svobodna Evropa in njegovo delo za begunce
Dr Otmar Pirkmajer, the rector of the UNRRA Free Europe University and his work for refugees

Author(s): Irena Žmuc
Subject(s): Education, Higher Education , History of Education, Migration Studies, Sociology of Education, Asylum, Refugees, Migration as Policy-fields
Published by: Slovenski šolski muzej
Keywords: Otmar Pirkmajer; UNRRA University; education; refugees;

Summary/Abstract: Otmar Pirkmajer, Slovenian, lawyer, professor, rector, writer and politician. Through his unusual life story, the article wishes to throw light on the overlooked and politicised time after World War Two. It is less well known that he took part in the establishment of a unique educational institution – the UNRRA University, an institution educating for the new, post-war world.

  • Issue Year: 31/2022
  • Issue No: 2-3
  • Page Range: 283-304
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Slovenian
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