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Plebiscite propaganda: “The terrible state of German Austria.”
On October 20, 1920, a plebiscite was held on whether Carinthia should go to Austria or the newly-formed Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. (The SHS Kingdom later became the first “Yugoslavia.”) This map shows the area in question, and how people voted. Although the southern area was predominantly Slovene-speaking, Austria won there with 59% of the total vote. So much for Slavic unity.
As you can see by the picture above, propaganda was employed to try to influence the outcome of the vote. Both sides also issued semipostal stamps to raise money for their cause. Here’s an Austrian one. And here’s a Slovene one. The letters KGCA on the Slovenian stamp stand for “Carinthian Governmental Commission Zone A.” There was also a Zone B in Carinthia, encompassing the predominantly ethnic German areas around Klagenfurt. A plebiscite was planned for this area as well, but was unneccesary after the first plebisicite went in favor of Austria.
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The outcome of the Plebiscite was logical.
Any sensible people (not only Slavs) would - when put to decide between Central Europe and Balkans - choose the former.
Especially when Austria promised all minority rights to the Slovenians in Carinthia.
We have had a complicated love - hate relationship with the Germans for quite a long time.(We call all German speaking people Germans.)
Andreja
Promised minority rights, but not delivered.
I wish the option back then would have been an independent Slovenia, perhaps the plebiscite would have resulted differently.
The reason why Carinthia is today a part of Austria is a big hoax, carried out by Italy and Austria.
Just take a look at the numbers: Austrian newspapers published that the total number of people, who had the right to vote, was 34.360 (that was on the 7.10.1920), yet 3 days later, on the 10.10.1920, when the plebiscite took place, the total number of voters was for 5000 people higher!
You can read more on this Slovene site I found a few months ago:
www.promin.si/zgodovina_koroski_plebiscit.htm
The records about this plebiscite are, after 84 years, still kept, probably also well hidden, in the Austrian archives in Celovec.
How about that?
Any resemblance to Florida is not intentional.
:)))
If Slovenia was an independent state in 1920, this plebiscite would never have occurred because Austria feared a united and strong Slovenia.
There should be a campaign to re-open these files in Celovec and investigate what really happened. Were Slovenians denied their right to vote?
Power to the truth and democracy!