Ilegalne mladinske politične organizacije v Sloveniji v prvih letih po drugi svetovni vojni
Illegal Youth Political Organisations in Slovenia in the First Years After World War II

Summary/Abstract: After 1945 only those youth political organisations that supported the new communist regime could pursue their activities. However, already in the first months after the war, the youth that opposed the new authorities started envisioning an organisation representing an opposition to the youth organisation that supported the government. If necessary, it would operate illegally. The most widespread activities of the members of illegally-operating groups at the secondary schools in Ljubljana were developed by the Association of Democratic Youth, which carried out several actions against the regime. The peak of this organisation's activities took place in February 1946, when several issues of the illegal "Zarja svobode" (Dawn of Freedom) gazette were published. After most of the leading members of the Association of Democratic Youth had been arrested, the organisation's activities started declining. A few other organisations emerged as well, but they were no longer able to develop such widespread operations and only had a handful of associates. After they were released from prison, only a few members of this organisation persisted in their political endeavors. However, as they were closely monitored by the police, any further attempts at establishing illegal political organisations after 1947 were destined to fail.

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