The Slovenian Lands in Documents of the Personal Representative of the US President to Pope Pius XII, 1944–45
Journal: Dileme razprave o vprašanjih sodobne slovenske zgodovine
Year: 2025

The author utilizes documents from the archival fonds of the personal representative of the US president to Pope Pius XII, detailing the Holy See’s intense diplomatic activity concerning the Slovenian lands in 1944–45. The paper’s purpose is to outline how the Holy See informed the American mission about the situation in Slovenia, detail the causes of its profound concern, and reveal the motives behind the communication with the US mission in the Vatican. The Vatican’s core intention was to prot