PoH-Code: poh.10978
Idrija, Establishment of the Communist Party for Idrija
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Memorial plaque in rectangular shape (50 x 37 cm) made of grey marble. Unveiled in 1955.
The silver mine in Idrija operated from 1490. In 1575 it was abandoned. The miners' position improved at the end of the 19th century, when the socialist movement began to develop. Idrija became a strong center of organized labor. In 1911 Ivan Štravs was elected mayor, the first social democratic mayor in Slovenia. In 1921 the majority of miners were sympathetic to the newly established cell of the Italian Communist Party. The subscribers of the communist newspaper Delo were over 500; the communists gained the majority and took over the leadership in the Consumer Society and in the union; they also successfully established themselves in the elections of 1922. The first secretary of the communist cell was Franc Vidmar, who fell in July 1942 in Lower Styria as an activist of the OF. During the period of fascist terror, some communists had to emigrate, while those who remained in Idrija operated in strict illegality.
Text source: Vodnik po partizanskih poteh, p. 367
Photo source 1: ZSV Gorica
Translation · AI tier 7
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- Partizanstvo.si — Partizanski spomeniki (#6744) (4445b5af-5a25-4ee5-bb95-f224de469158) — Partizanstvo.si — Partizanski spomeniki (#6744)
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Textual location description
Plošča je bila locirana na cestni fasadi hiše Kosovelova 17, Idrija. Hiša je bila odstranjena in na njenem mestu zgrajena nova. Sedanje nahajališče plošče ni znano.
Coordinates (WGS84)45.99970° N, 14.02148° E