Keeping partisan hospitals well hidden and their operations secret was essential, and not many people knew about their existence or location. Hospitals were ideally constructed on sparsely populated Karst terrain, in naturally formed ditches, the forest needed to be coniferous and overgrown, and any tracks needed to be carefully covered. Camouflaging entrances into such hospitals was of utmost importance. The unwritten rule of partisan hospitals was that there can never be too much secrecy.

This archivalia is a speech delivered by Rudi Šeligo at the Boršnik Meeting in Maribor in October 1996. The document is kept among Šeligo's private archival records that were transferred to the Archives of RS in 2005. If we pay close attention to the text we can see that not much has changed in Slovenian culture within the last almost 25 years. The same speech could easily be delivered today; sadly, it would still be equally relevant.

Archival records of the late director Milan Ljubić, which were transferred into the Archives of the Republic of Slovenia in 2018, contains a lot of material that refers to the realisation of the so-called “Chronicles". These are archival film shootings of individual Slovenian workers, important for their role in cultural and public life of that time. Also preserved are separate notes of Milan Ljubić, who was the organizing producer of Chronicles between 1969 and 1975.

Demarcation line and later state (Rapallo) border between Italy and the new Yugoslav state cut through areas, municipalities and villages that once belonged to the same state. Many people who lived near the border found themselves separated from their forests, meadows or fields which remained on the other side of the border. Special passes were needed for people who owned real estates in both of the neighbouring states, as well as for those who made daily trips to help out on the farms. Massive daily crossing of the border led to thriving trade of smuggling and contraband. Although officially there is no distinction between the two terms, they were, however, perceived differently by the people.

This month’s archivalia is a letter sent by the Czechoslovakian Ministry of Justice Dr. Alois Neuman to the Federal Secretary of Justice of SFRJ Milorad Zorič on August 6, 1966. The letter makes it evident that the Czechoslovakian minister had been monitoring the situation of the two men convicted at the eight Dachau trials for quite some time. He expressed his deep disappointment over the fact that the two men were merely pardoned and released from prison, and not fully rehabilitated.

The request made by the Inner Austrian Court Chamber on behalf of the territorial prince Ferdinand II in 1609 and sent to the Ljubljana bishop Tomaž Hren and to the Carniolan Vicedom Jožef Panitzol, is a small, but valuable piece in the mosaic of diverse archival notes on this provincial-princely institution. It is a source that confirms the fact that the authorities in Graz (and later in Vienna) cared about the financial conditions of the court hospital – which, apart from the town hospital, was the only long-lasting health care institution in Ljubljana during the early Modern Times.

As part of the ongoing e-ARH.si project, the 1st e-ARH.si International Conference was held at the Hotel Mons, Four Points by Sheraton in Ljubljana on November 23-24, 2016.

As part of the ongoing e-ARH.si project, the 2nd e-ARH.si International Conference was held at Austria Trend Hotel in Ljubljana on November 22-23, 2017.

As part of the ongoing e-ARH.si project, the 3rd e-ARH.si International Conference was held at Austria Trend Hotel in Ljubljana on November 7-8, 2018.

April 2015 marks 600 years since Ernest the Iron, Austrian Archduke and Carniolan Provincial Prince, issued a relatively modest deed, confirming that lords, knights and squires of Carniola allowed him to collect taxes from their subjects and in general gladly offered their help when the need arose. Ernest promised that such granting of tax (help) would in no way harm Carniolan noblemen or their privileges and assured that in the future he would neither demand nor accept such help from them.

Around 1980, the State Security Service (SSS) embarked on improving the implementation and supervision of its radio communications. The number of the SSS secret missions abroad increased and so did the need to supervise radio communications of foreign police and of possible foreign agents. Extensive market research was done to purchase »prototypes«” of equipment that would enable secret communication with operating agents.

The project “Triglav Lift System” was among the most ambitious, yet unfortunately never realized, Slovenian tourist projects. The role of the project developer was assigned to the Institute for the Construction of Sports Centres in the Triglav Mountain Range. In its 1963 work report and its Proposition to include the project of Triglav Lift System in the seven-year plan of the Socialist Republic of Slovenia, the institute stated several reasons why the project should be carried out.

In 2014, the Archives of the Republic of Slovenia received a donation which among other things included also part of the legacy of dr. Igor Breznik. In it there is a collection of drawings made at the Italian concentration camp in Gonars. Included in the collection are two watercolours and 21 drawings, all created at the concentration camp in 1942. The author of most of drawings and watercolours is Valentin Horvat.

This year marks the 500th anniversary of the largest Slovenian peasant revolt which already in the sources of that time was referred to as the Slovenian Revolt (Windischer Bauernbund). The document presented here was written after the meeting of the Carniolan nobility in Ljubljana and Kamnik, which was where most of the provincial nobles took refuge during the revolt.The instruction for Sigmund Lamberg of Črnelo, who was chosen as their delegate to the emperor Maximilian, contains valuable information about the course of the revolt.

In mid-August 1918, the National Council in Ljubljana was founded as the highest ranking Slovenian political organization, which included all Slovenian political parties for a common goal to make the necessary preparations for the joining of Slovenes with Croats and Serbs in a new, independednt state. The official press release of the National Council's founding session provides information on the course of the founding session, and on the National Council's tasks and organizational structure (its 8 sections).

In the autumn of 1954, the Slovenian Red Cross organized an exhibition on non-alcoholic drinks. Around 30.000 people visited the exhibition and their reviews are gathered in the book that we are presenting here as this month’s archivalia. Most of the reviews were positive, encouraging the hosting of similar exhibitions, but some also drew attention to the overcharging and poor quality of non-alcoholic drinks and to the fact that it was sometimes impossible to buy them in the pubs or in the shops.

The most typical and the most beautiful view that opens up to visitors of the Lake Bohinj is the view of the lake and the medieval church of St. John the Baptist located at the lake's eastern edge to which a stone bridge leads. It may appear that the sight has been there »forever«, but that is not so.

Preserved in the archival fonds of the Yugoslav Copyright Agency – Branch Office for Slovenia (SI AS 2144) are mostly records that deal with the payment of fees. Chosen as this month’s archivalia are the programs of Slovenian professional and semi-professional theaters for season 1965/66 which were sent to the copyright agency prior to the start of the season. The agency then prepared authorization.

Map and chart collection of the Archives of Republic of Slovenia includes 3210 items, divided into 12 thematic units. Included among the unit of Military operations are 43 items, among them the charts that were drawn after the battle of Custoza in June 1866 are particularly interesting.

Archival documents of the administrative department of the Dravska Banovina also include classification scheme fascicle 13-20, where among the records of financial and criminal police on lesser offences against excise and duties, records on persecution of suspicious persons, records on supervision of cheats and forgers, and among other denunciations and security reports, one can also find several records on the forgery of money. Nestled among these documents there is even a fake 2 dinar coin of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes bearing the year 1925.