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Slovenia: Pre-WWI

Accounts of the Raetia, Alpine region and people, in modern Switzerland, Italy, Austria, Slovenia, and Germany. Authors include Virgil, Horace, Ovid, etc. "People" filter can be removed for wider search results.
Made available by Topos Text
(100 BC -500 AD; English translation)
Greek traveler Strabo’s encyclopedia on the ancient world as he knew it. Section focusing specifically on the “war-mad” people of Illyria and Pannonia (parts of modern day Albania, Montenegro, Hungary, Austria, Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Compiled by Lacus Curtius
(7 BC; English translations)
The Illyrian wars, an appendix to the book on the Macedonian wars, belong to the better preserved parts. They are a valuable source for the history of Illyricum, i.e., the northwestern Balkan peninsula.
From Livius
(2nd century AD; English translation)
From The Epitome of Roman History. See also The Pannonian War
Made available by LacusCurtius, with Latin texts here
(2nd century; English translation)
Who was born near Emona, in modern-day Slovenia.
His works in manuscripts
(4-5th century; English translation)
Manuscript of code from Carolingian book.
(first half of 9th century; Latin facsimile)
The oldest documents in Slovene.
See also interactive facsimile of the manuscripts.
Facsimiles, transcriptions, and translations found also on this page
(10th century; Slovenian transcription)
Record contains history of Serbian, Croatian, and Slovenian lands.
(12th century; Serbian transcription)
(Documents on the History of Austria, Styria, Carinthia, Carniola, Gorizia, Trieste, Istria, Tyrol)
Part 2, vol. 1 of Fontes Rerum Austriacarum
(1246-1300; Latin and Early New High German transcriptions)
Slovenian medieval text.
Written in "Cistercian monastery in Stična near Ljubljana."
(1428; Slovenian facsimile)
Collection of autographed manuscript.
(1584-2011; Slovenian facsimiles)
By a Russian traveler.
(1754; Russian transcription, commentary)
18th-century French map of the Austrian Circle.
Included parts of present-day Germany, Italy, Slovenia, and Switzerland.
(1792; zoomable map)
Document used in Slovenian lands during the period of Napoleon.
(21 March 1804; English translation)
Conference of ambassadors of European states.
(Signed 9 June 1815; English transcription)
Newspaper of Illyrian movements in Slovenia, Croatia, and Dalmatia.
(1835-1849; Slovenian facsimiles)
Browse various newspapers by following the provided links.
(1843-1905; Slovenian facsimiles and transcriptions)
National anthem of Slovenia. Adopted in 1989.
(Slovenian with English translation; 1844)
Collection of documents about the communist revolutionary and leader.
(1892-1980; English translations)
Searchable book-length travel reports digitized at the University of Michigan.
(19th to 20th century; facsimiles in multiple languages)
M. Edith Durham's account of travel describing early 20th century Balkan Peninsula.
From University of Michigan Library Digital Collections.
(1905; English transcription)

Slovenia: WWI, Yugoslavia 1912-1990

Documents from the former state of Yugoslavia.
Includes online exhibition of documents.
(Serbian facsimiles)
Collection of historical documents on recent Yugoslav history, especially in relation to Russia.
(Russian)
Collection of documents about the communist revolutionary and leader.
(1892-1980; English translations)
Includes first-hand oral accounts from World War I, World War II, post-WWII to 1991, accounts from 1991 Revolution, and post-1991.
Read more about the collection here.
(1914-2015; Slovenian audio and interface)
Agreement leading to the creation of Yugoslavia.
(20 July 1917; facsimile, Serbian transcription)
Agreement leading to the creation of Yugoslavia.
(20 July 1917; English translation)
Agreement leading to the creation of Yugoslavia.
(20 July 1917, 9 November 1918; transcription in English)
Interactive map, browse cases geographically.
The cases
Includes selected transcriptions and court decision documents.
List of judgements, case outcomes
(1918-1992; English transcriptions, documents)
Treaty between Bulgaria and Allied victors in WWI. Bulgaria ceded territory to Yugoslavia.
(November 27, 1919; English)
Including treaties affecting the Hungarian border from the Treaty of Trianon to the Moscow Agreement.
Published by the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, US Department of State
(1920-1945; facsimiles)
Agreements between the Kingdom of Italy and the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
(1925; English translation)
First-hand oral accounts with transcriptions of English translations.
(1930-1945; Slovenian audio, English transcriptions)
Maps of concentration camps, division, and invasion routes in Yugoslavia.
(1933-1943; English facsimiles)
Photos from WWII Yugoslavia.
(1939-1945; Serbian facsimiles, English maps)
Website includes over 94,000 pages of digitized German microfilm documents, such as war record books, from National Archive Washington.
Also includes photos from WWII in Yugoslavia.
(1941-1946; photos, German facsimiles, Bosnian interface)
  • Foreign relations between the Slovenia and the US
Documents from US State Department and University of Wisconsin-Madison.
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952-1954
1955-1957
1958-1960
1961-1963
1964-1968
1969-1972
1973-1976
(1945-1976; English transcriptions)
Newspapers of Slovene refugees, mostly printed in refugee camps in Austria and Italy.
Newspapers include:
Voice of Asten
Our Bond
Slovenian Prisoner
Prisoner
In New Dawn
(1945-1949; Slovenian facsimiles and transcriptions)
About 700 books and 140 magazines forbidden in Slovenia from 1945 to 1991. Collection was secretly accumulated by the National University Library.
(1945-1991; Slovenian facsimiles and transcriptions)
Declassified CIA documents from Cold War Era Hard Target Analysis.
(3 November 1958; PDF facsimiles)
Photographs from the JDC Archives.
(1980s, 1990s; images, English interface)

Slovenia: Independence Post-Yugoslavia 1990-Present

Collection of acts, view facsimile by clicking on link in parentheses next to act title.
(27 September 1989 - 8 October 1991; Slovenian facsimiles)
Videos include war, refugees, grave exhumation attempts and the collapse of the Geneva Peace Plan
Compiled by AP Archives
(1990's; English interface with videos in various languages)
First step toward an independence referendum in Slovenia.
(December 6, 1990; Slovenian)
Slovenian declaration of independence following nationwide referendum.
(December 23, 1990; English)
Document signed by states in the Balkans to facilitate further negotiations during the breakup of Yugoslavia.
Slovenian transcription available here..
(7 July 1991; Slovenian transcription English translation)
English version
Acts Amending the Constitution
(23 December 1991; Slovenian transcription)
Official decisions of the Arbitration Commission of the Peace Conference on Yugoslavia. They provide guidance on the application of international law during the breakup of Yugoslavia.
(1992; English)
(3 June 1999; English transcription)
Slovenia official data files and documents, including country files, parents' occupation, and sample data.
Files available for download
(2002-2016; English interface with Slovenian files)
Treaty and other documents concerning Slovenia's admission to the European Union. Part of EUR-Lex, a service of the European Union.
(2003; English)

Slovenia: Legal and Governmental Documents

Collection of Slovenian Laws.
Statutes, criminal and civil codes, and other legal materials.
A portal of the BYU Law School.
Library of Congress guide to constitutional, legal, and government documents.
Constitutions of the Yugoslavs
(German)
Laws of Slovenia regarding the Constitution.
(English)
Collection of peace agreements entered into by Slovenia.
(English)
Also contains a collection of coats of arms for other European countries and principalities.
(Facsimiles)

Slovenia: Historical Collections

Slovenian page of the World Documents Library.
(photos; facsimiles)
The eZISS digital critical editions of Slovenian literature offer selected Slovenian texts with integrated facsimiles, transcriptions and scholarly commentary, in some cases including audiovisual recordings.
(English and Slovenian)
Archive of various Slovenian historical sources.
Includes: newspapers, historical documents, and a collection of sources from archives in Slovenia.
(Slovenian facsimiles)
Includes digitzed newspapers and manuscripts.
(Slovenian facsimiles and transcriptions)
Links to primary sources.
(Slovenian facsimiles)
Contains a wide variety of statistical reports.
(English)
Collection of historical maps of Slovenia.
(facsimiles)
Collection of historical maps of Europe.
(facsimiles; Hungarian)

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