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* [http://www.sta.si/vest.php?s=a&id=1378327&pr=1Slovenian Press Agency:] Columnist Says Silence on Post-War Killings Needs to End (Interview). Ljubljana, 1 April (STA) - Alenka Puhar, an author who has written extensively about Slovenia's Communist past (a former republic of Yugoslavia), has told STA in an interview that post-WWII killings need to be examined and discussed. ''"We need to talk about it and live with it, with this pain,"'' she said.
* [http://www.sta.si/vest.php?s=a&id=1378327&pr=1Slovenian Press Agency:] Columnist Says Silence on Post-War Killings Needs to End (Interview). Ljubljana, 1 April (STA) - Alenka Puhar, an author who has written extensively about Slovenia's Communist past (a former republic of Yugoslavia), has told STA in an interview that post-WWII killings need to be examined and discussed. ''"We need to talk about it and live with it, with this pain,"'' she said.
*[http://www.euractiv.com/en/enlargement/croatian-pm-pays-tribute-controversial-war-victims-news-494055 EurActiv Network] Croatian PM pays tribute to controversial war victims (Croatia a former republic of Yugoslavia).
*[http://www.euractiv.com/en/enlargement/croatian-pm-pays-tribute-controversial-war-victims-news-494055 EurActiv Network] Croatian PM pays tribute to controversial war victims (Croatia a former republic of Yugoslavia).
*[http://slovenia1945.org/ Slovenia 1945 Book Official Site] - Memories of Death and Survival.
(Selected as "Book of the Year" 2005 in the Times Literary Supplement by '''John Bayley''', literary critic, retired Oxford University Professor and widower of Iris Murdoch. The authors wrote to Prime Minister ''Tony Blair'' asking for Britain to make a gesture of regret to Slovenia for sending back the surrendered soldiers.)
{{Cquote| ''Quote'' [http://www.marcusferrar.org/reviews.html ''link'']: This book tells how the British Army in [[Austria]] forcibly repatriated surrendered Slovene anti-Communist soldiers to their deaths in 1945. Authors John Corsellis and Marcus Ferrar appealed to the government for a British expression of regret to Slovenia. Sixty two MPs signed an Early Day Motion in the House of Commons calling for this. Then British Foreign Secretary '''Jack Straw''' wrote personally to the authors, and the head of a '''U.K. Parliamentary''' delegation to Slovenia did subsequently express regret.
SLOVENIA 1945 – sample reviews:
*It has contrived wholly to avoid all the clichés of the genre …it presents us with a range of individuals as vividly seen and as sharply characterised as the multifarious inhabitants of ''War and Peace'' or A Dance to the Music of Time – 'Book of the Year' choice by John Bayley, literary critic, Times Literary Supplement, December 2005
*An accessible, engaging read – The Catholic Herald.
*This excellent book …raises a number of questions of profound historical and moral interest – The Tablet.
*Part of a healing process …it is inspiring – The Friend.
*Promises to contribute to our collective understanding of a terrible period of European history. It is right …that we too remember the tragedy which befell the [[Slovenia|Slovene]] people – Jack Straw, British Foreign Secretary.
*A valuable contribution to upholding the common values Slovenia and [[Great Britain]] share as members of the [[European Union]] – Janez Jansa, Slovene Prime Minister
*Impossible to put down – Cardinal Aloysius Ambrozic, Archbishop of Toronto.
*A wealth of precise information and balanced judgments presented in a clear and pleasant style … a serious and objective work – Cardinal Franc Rode, Vatican
*An exciting and moving read – Michael Nelson, former Gen Mgr, Reuters.}}
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