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Post by G. Trifkovic » 11 Feb 2011, 22:05

Hi,

this is what I've found in Tomasevich's book "The Chetniks", on page 246 (source: Google books):
It should also be noted that in July 1944 the Slovene partisans in the Slovenian Littoral made offers of an armistice to the Germans. microcopy No. T-311, Roll 195, Frames 715-22, 736. It seems that later an agreement was made, but it was never consumated.
Does anybody have more informations on these events?

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Post by kiseli » 12 Feb 2011, 00:54

Gaius, I am speculating now;
The Slovenian Littoral (Slovene: Primorska; Italian: Litorale; German: Küstenland) is a historical region of Slovenia. Its name recalls the historical Habsburg crown land of the Austrian Littoral, of which the Slovenian Littoral was a part.

The region comprises two traditional provinces: Goriška and Slovenian Istria. The Goriška region takes its name after the town of Gorizia (Gorica in Slovene), now in Italy. It comprises those areas of the former County of Gorizia and Gradisca that were assigned to Yugoslavia (Slovenia) after 1947

In this region in 1944 you have italian partisans( under italian communist party) and slovenian.We know the german units in this area in 1944, so, we can start from this.I don't recall that I red something about armistice in slovenia in 1944, specially in light of Tito-Subasic agreement, american military missions (not one), and we have D-day around this date;

IZVEŠTAJ ARMIJSKE GRUPE »FON CANGEN« OD 29. JUNA 1944. KOMANDI GRUPE ARMIJA »C« O SITUACIJI I DEJSTVIMA NA PODRUČJU ISTRE ZA PERIOD OD 11. DO 25. JUNA 1944. GODINE1

http://www.znaci.net/00001/4_12_4_83.htm


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Re: Partisans negotiating with Germans in Slovenia, July 194

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Post by P.108 » 13 Feb 2011, 14:32

G. Trifkovic wrote:Hi,

this is what I've found in Tomasevich's book "The Chetniks", on page 246 (source: Google books):
It should also be noted that in July 1944 the Slovene partisans in the Slovenian Littoral made offers of an armistice to the Germans. microcopy No. T-311, Roll 195, Frames 715-22, 736. It seems that later an agreement was made, but it was never consumated.
Does anybody have more informations on these events?
The 6th july the OKW had a discussion about the OZAK, was established that the forces in zone were insufficient to contrast an Allied landing in Istria. Kesselring wanted 5 divisions to defend this coast, the OKW promised 3 divisions (of second choice). The OKW elaborated a study about the defence of the zone, in which was considered possible that the Allied could have land in the zone in order to: cut off the german Balkan Forces from the main reich territory and advance to the Austria using the 3 harbours that were in zone: Trieste (the best), Pola and Fiume (much smaller).

Already in 1943 the Germans and Tito's partisans had discussed a possible collaboration in the case of an Allied landing in Yugoslavia (an Allied landing was contrary to the interests of both, including Tito, because if the allied troops had seized control of Yugoslavia they could have delivered the country, after the war, to the royal government and not to the Communist Party), now, in 1944 the situation was different but the reason for me was that Tito wanted annex these lands, and the presence of allied troops could be an obstacle so the offer of armistice to the Germans. The situation was similar in april 1945 when Tito's forces and the 2nd New Zeland division were involved in the so-called "race for Trieste" (ended nearly in a draw). In this zone the Allied intentions were not so favorable to Yugoslavia, if we consider the new border lines proposed by British and Americans after the war we can see that Capodistria and Pola with the western coast were also assigned to Italy while the Yugoslavians wanted the border near Monfalcone with also Trieste and Gorizia, but the fact that the partisan troops were already present in Istria (and the support of the Soviet Union), while the allied troops were in Trieste and Gorizia made the difference.

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Re: Partisans negotiating with Germans in Slovenia, July 194

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Post by kiseli » 14 Feb 2011, 11:04

POGAJANJA MED PARTIZANI IN NEMŠKO UPRAVO V

GORICI POLETI LETA 1944




Ponudbe nemške uprave



Vse od začetka leta 1944 so dotekala najprej v Okrožno komisijo VOS OF za Gorico, pozneje pa v Obveščevalni oddelek okrožne izpostave ONZ pri predsedstvu SNOS za Goriško poročila o željah nemške uprave, pokrajinske prefekture v Gorici, ki jo je vodil grof prefekt Marino Pace, da bi kontaktirala s partizani. Tudi politično-oblastne partizanske organizacije so prejemale take ponudbe. Tako sta Okrožni NOO in Okrožni OOF za Goriško poročala dne 7.3.1944 pokrajinskemu NOO in pokrajinskemu OOF, da goriški prefekt Pace in njegov namestnik za gospodarstvo, podprefekt baron Locatelli, iščeta zveze z OF oziroma partizani. Poročilo je podpisa) Julij Beltram-Samo.

Obvestila o tem smo pošiljali na Pokrajinsko komisijo VOS za Primorsko, pozneje pa na Pokrajinsko izpostavo ONZ pri predsedstvu SNOS za Primorsko, načelniku Miru Percu-Maksu. Taka poročila smo dobivali od specialne obveščevalne službe med italijansko republikansko vojsko v Gorici od rezidenta, italijanskega majorja Muzzolinija - Mirka; obdeloval pa jih je v našem obveščevalnem oddelku odgovorni za obveščevalno službo med Italijani, sodelavec italijanske narodnosti, Marcello Tausig. Na ta naša obvestila se je oglasil v Renčah pokrajinski načelnik Miro Perc-Maks z željo za nadaljnje inforamacije o predlogih nemške uprave v Gorici, s katero naj kontaktiramo preko našega obveščevalca. Tako smo preko Muzzolinija- Mirka kontaktirali s prefektom Pacejem ter smo izvedeli za njegov predlog, da bi se želel pogajati s predstavniki partizanov na Primorskem predvsem zaradi dobrobiti prebivalstva. Predlog je Miro Perc-Maks odobril ter nam naročil, naj organiziramo sestanek med nami in prefektom Pacejem, sestanek, katerega se bo po možnosti udeležil tudi sam in pa predstavniki IX. korpusa. Potem, ko nam je prefekt Pace po našem pristanku za sestanek sporočil, da naj bi se prvič sestali na njegovem posestvu v Tapoglianu v Furlaniji, pa je Miro Perc Maks umaknil svoje in sodelovanje IX. korpusa. Sestanka naj se udeležimo sami ter povabimo tudi okrožne oblastne in politične forume, katere bo tudi on informiral. Naj sprejmemo vse ponudbe, sami pa naj nič ne ponujamo, niti se za nič ne obvežemo. Z naše strani smo določili udeležence, ki naj bi bili: namestnik vodje obveščevalnega oddelka Joško Mozetič Pepko, italijanski sodelavec Marcello, posrednik
Dogovarjanje partizanov z Nemci
Napadom na nemške enote so sledile represalije nad nedolžnim prebivalstvom, streljanje talcev in požiganje hiš. To se je dogajalo vse od septembra 1943 dalje. Požgane so bile hiše v krajih Stanovišče, pa na Trnovski planoti vasi in sela Ravnica, Trnovo (33 ljudi pogrešanih), Nemci, Zavrh, Lokve (247 ljudi mrtvih)... Na začetku februarja so partizani med Komnom in Rihemberkom pobili okoli 80 mož iz nemško – italijanskega oddelka. Požgani so bili kraji Komen, Tomačevica in Rihemberk in okoli 4500 ljudi odgnanih v Nemčijo. Sledili so napadi partizanov in zatem nemški požigi vasi Otlica, Vojščica, Šebrelje, Lipa, Selo nad Brestovico; požgane so bile Vižovlje, Mavhinje, Cerovlje pa Medja vas; v Šlovrencu v Brdih je bilo ubitih 22 ljudi...

Ob vsem tem so že od spomladi 1944 dalje obstajale zveze med partizani in Nemci. Za zvezo med eno in drugo stranjo je skrbel goriški prefekt grof Marino Pace. Kraja medsebojnih stikov sta bila Renče in Vogrsko. Nemci so partizanom dobavljali živež, v zameno pa dobivali vino in drva (Tratnik 147). S praktičnega vidika je to lahko sprejemljivo, toda z načelnega? Toliko manj, ker povojni komunistični režim nenehno obtožuje domobrance »narodnega izdajstva« prav zaradi sodelovanja z Nemci, medtem ko svoje lastno sodelovanje z njimi prikriva. Toda, takšno sodelovanje je dejansko rešilo tudi mnogo partizanskih življenj.

Baška dolina in železnica, ki teče po njej do Gorice, je bila strateškega pomena za preskrbo nemških posadk na Primorskem med drugo svetovno vojno. Nanjo se je v pretežni meri nanašal nemško – partizanski sporazum o premirju, ki je začel veljati 5. julija 1944.
Najbolj pomemben je bil partizansko – nemški sporazum, ki je začel veljati 5. julija 1944. Njegovo bistvo je vsebovano v osmih točkah, ki so navedene v nemškem povelju št. 1461/44 z datumom od istega dne (Tratnik 147). Bistvo sporazuma je v prvih dveh točkah. Prva točka navaja, da tega dne (srbsko)vodstvo partizanov prekine vse sovražnosti proti nemški vojski, SS in policiji na območju pokrajin Videm, Gorica, Trst, Istra in Reka. V drugi točki stoji, da storijo isto tudi nemške enote. Že 5. julija so omenjeno povelje prejele nemške enote, ki so bile obkolile okoli 4500 partizanov v Baški grapi. Na podlagi tega povelja so partizane izpustile iz obroča. V zameno pa so Nemci imeli zagotovilo, da jim partizani ne bodo motili prometa, še zlasti ne na železnici skozi Baško grapo do Gorice
Razburjenje zaradi sporazuma je bilo velikansko. Domobranska stran v Lublani je gen. Rösnerja prosila, da je za tisk podal izjavo, da za Lublansko pokrajino sporazum ne velja. Številka Slovenca, ki je to izjavo prinesla, je bila v Gorici zaplenjena.
Prišlo pa je tudi do partizanskega sodelovanja z Italijani. V Gorici je bila marca 1944 organizirana OF, ki je potem maja ustanovila skupni odbor s CLN (Comitato di liberazione nazionale). Italijanska stran je bila zastopana tudi v mestnem komiteju KP. V Trstu je istega leta uspelo organizirati z italijansko stranjo okrožni odbor OF in komando mesta Trst. – SNVZ pa je vsakršno sodelovanje z Italijani dosledno odklanjala.
Matija Tratnik: Temna zarja na Primorskem (1940 – 1945), v: koledar Svobodne Slovenije, Buenos Aires 1951

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Post by G. Trifkovic » 14 Feb 2011, 11:23

I found the same text on:

http://med.over.net/forum5/read.php?186,6020234,6021271
Razburjenje zaradi sporazuma je bilo velikansko. Domobranska stran v Lublani je gen. Rösnerja prosila, da je za tisk podal izjavo, da za Lublansko pokrajino sporazum ne velja. Številka Slovenca, ki je to izjavo prinesla, je bila v Gorici zaplenjena.
It says here that Rösner made a press statement in which he claimed that the agreement wasn't valid for Ljubljana Province. Issue of the newspaper "Slovenec" which quoted him was withdrawn from Gorica.

Here is the "Slovenec" issue of July 7th, 1944. In it, Rösener claims "the rumors that an accomodation have been reached with the bandits in Primorska remain rumors, as far as we in Ljubljana are concerned."

This, and (presumably) all other issues of "Slovenec" can be downloaded from:

http://www.dlib.si/v2/Results.aspx?page ... i%2bnarod'
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Post by G. Trifkovic » 14 Feb 2011, 20:59

"Hronologija NOB"-a (p. 824) states the following:
Slovenia-July 7th, 1944: "Main HQ for SLovenia released instructions on treatment of enemy prisoners and deserters, as well as on prisoner exchanges"
Dates are suspiciously close...

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Post by trekker » 06 Feb 2013, 09:47

kiseli wrote:
POGAJANJA MED PARTIZANI IN NEMŠKO UPRAVO V
GORICI POLETI LETA 1944

Ponudbe nemške uprave
Dogovarjanje partizanov z Nemci
Matija Tratnik: Temna zarja na Primorskem (1940 – 1945), v: koledar Svobodne Slovenije, Buenos Aires 1951
I found this post misleading because it contains two texts from two sources but gives only source thus making an impression that both texts have the same author. The first one that was misled was G. Trifković who posted :
"I found the same text on: http://med.over.net/forum5/read.php?186,6020234,6021271"

That is not so. The link http://med.over.net/forum5/read.php?186,6020234,6021271 presents an account of a man who was involved in events described but remains anonymous. An excerpt from that account is the first text in Kiseli's post.

The second text is said to be taken from Matija Tratnik: Temna zarja na Primorskem (1940 – 1945), v: koledar Svobodne Slovenije, Buenos Aires 1951. Well, if one reads the text, one can notice that within the text reference is made to Mr Tratnik which means that the text was not written by Mr Tratnik himself unless he made reference to himself. The text is not based on facts.

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Post by trekker » 06 Feb 2013, 09:50

I have read a research on OZNA in Slovenia from 1994 where the author presented the content of archived documents concerning OZNA from its establishment in mid-1944 till the end of WWII. Events in 1944 in Goriška area are included. The author didn't research each particular event and made no conclusions and opinions.

Before giving my summary of information from the research let me mention that a customary habit of always using a term »partisans« when referring to events in Slovenia in 1944-45 is in my opinion often inadequate. It's similar to always referring to partisans' adversary as »Germans« making no distinction between NSDAP, gestapo, SS, Wehrmacht etc.
For the topic in discussion it is useful to distinguish the following:
KPS (Slovene Communist Party) was a political party controlling other organizations.
OF (Osvobodilna fronta) was established in April 1941 and grew in time into a state-like civil administration that organized civilians in supporting partisans.
Intelligence and security units were organized separately from regular (military) partisan units, such as IX. korpus. In the first half of 1944 intelligence and security units were organized as two separate parts of ONZ (odsek za notranje zadeve = section of interior affairs) which was organized regionally. Later in 1944 ONZ was re-organized (OZNA appeared).

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Post by trekker » 06 Feb 2013, 09:50

I - Actors

Miro Perc – chief of ONZ in nothern Primorska region
Zdenko Zavadlav – acting chief of intelligence in Goriška area
Marcello Taussic – member of intelligence in Goriška area then transferred to IX. korpus
Joško – intelligence in Goriška area
Miloš – OF
Peter – OF economic comittee
Majda Peruzzi – foreign countries intelligence in Primorska region
Lidija Šenjurc – member of KPS leadership covering the territory of Primorska region
Muzzolini – major of Italian army, intelligence informer

Marino Pace – prefect in Gorica/Gorizia, German civil administration
Pirro Locatelli Hagenauer – vice-prefect in Gorica/Gorizia, German civil administration

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II - Initiative

As Rainer told after WWII several mayors in Goriška complained to prefect Pace because of insufficient supplies with food and material due to partisan control over their territories. Pace and Locatelli, representing German civil administration, got the idea of reaching armistice to secure supplies to civilians. Muzzolini was the go-between to arrange a meeting.


III - Meetings

Muzzolini contacted Zavadlav who contacted Perc. Perc agreed and ordered that a meeting should not be a negotiation but a mere listening to Pace's proposal. Pace, Locatelli and Muzzolini met with Miloš, Joško and Marcello in Tapogliano 15.6.1941. Pace suggested creation of a neutral zone in Primorska. He made his suggestion as private and received no answer.

When Pace suggested the second meeting Perc wanted to attend it but was unable. He approved the meeting. Pace, Locatelli, Muzzolini, Zavadlav, Marcello and Peter met in Bilje 26.6.1944. Pace suggested creation of a neutral zone and promised a German plan of the zone. Peter negotiated for buying cattle in the name of the economic committee.

Marcello was transferred to IX. korpus. He claimed he got permission from IX. korpus headquarters to continue talks and met Muzzolini. In that meeting (held before 5.7.1944) Marcello set 5.7.1941 as a date of withholding hostilities if negotiations would occur for which he would need authorization of IX. korpus headquarters first.

Germans spread the news that armistice starting 5.7.1944 was agreed upon.

A meeting followed in Renče 5.7.1944 where Muzzolini, Marcello and Zavadlav met. On Germans behalf Muzzolini told that Germans were going to stop hostilities against partisans as per 5.7.1944 if they are not attacked, that they are prepared to negotiate and that they would arrest all those who had spread the news of armistice. Zavadlav informed his superiors of the meeting, asked for their stand regarding Marcello and Muzzolini and enclosed Marcello's reports to IX. korpus.

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Post by trekker » 06 Feb 2013, 09:52

IV - Case closed

5.7.1944 Majda Peruzzi wrote a letter to Lidija Šentjurc informing her that Marcello walked Muzzolini in the streets of Renče disregarding the necessary precautionary measures and presenting himself as a member of Slovene authority not just a member of intelligence. Peruzzi wrote her opinion that talks were a German provocation aimed at creating a negative effect in public that was not in favour of armistice with Germans.

Zavadlav was sent to Bela krajina (ONZ headquarters) were he was interrogated and transferred to Štajerska in November 1944.

ONZ organized a meeting with Muzzolini, Pace and Locatelli 11.9.1944. Next day they were all put under arrest. Two political (KPS) officials in IX. korpus demanded their execution claiming they worked for gestapo. ONZ headquarters wanted them in Bela krajina. On the way there Pace and Loccatelli managed to escape. Muzzolini and Marcello were interrogated and executed.

When Pace and Loccateli reached German forces, they were handed over to SIPO in Triest. SIPO suspected Pace to be a partisan agent and Rainer had to use all his powers to get both men released.


V – German background

In his post-war testimony Rainer explained that he agreed with Pace's idea to negotiate with partisans although he doubted that partisans would accept armistice. Rainer informed Rogalski and Globocnik of Pace's idea and they both agreed, so did geneal Kübler.

During Pace's talks Rainer was in Reich. When he returned to Klagenfurt he was informed that Kübler and Globocnik had agreed on armistice with authorized partisan representatives but Rösener had opposed it. In Cormons Rainer met Kübler and Globocnik who told him that partisan representatives had been authorized to agree on armistice and had urged an agreement so Kübler and Globocnik couldn't have contacted Rösener. Kübler had got Kesselring's agreement for the armistice.

Then, Rainer met Rösener in Triest and learnt that Rupnik had been upset and had declared that domobrans would never accept armistice with partisans. Rösener had feared to lose conrol over domobrans so he had published a statement that armistice had had no validity in Ljubljana region.

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Post by G. Trifkovic » 07 Feb 2013, 02:30

Hi trekker,

and thanks for the description of these events; I presume that you used Zavadlav's book as your main source?

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Post by trekker » 07 Feb 2013, 08:41

G. Trifkovic wrote: I presume that you used Zavadlav's book as your main source?
No, there are two different sources.

My posts are based on a different source I don't want to mention to avoid improper comments as was the case at http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic. ... 6&start=45
I'll send you a PM.

Text available at http://med.over.net/forum5/read.php?186,6020234,6021271
was wriiten by Zdenko Zavadlav in 1988 and published in his book in 1996. It is an account of a man who participated in events described.
When his account is compared with information from my posts they clearly match except that Zavadlav included details that cannot be found in documents but can only be known by those who were there.

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Post by trekker » 07 Feb 2013, 08:59

G. Trifkovic wrote:I found the same text on:

http://med.over.net/forum5/read.php?186,6020234,6021271
Razburjenje zaradi sporazuma je bilo velikansko. Domobranska stran v Lublani je gen. Rösnerja prosila, da je za tisk podal izjavo, da za Lublansko pokrajino sporazum ne velja. Številka Slovenca, ki je to izjavo prinesla, je bila v Gorici zaplenjena.
It says here that Rösner made a press statement in which he claimed that the agreement wasn't valid for Ljubljana Province. Issue of the newspaper "Slovenec" which quoted him was withdrawn from Gorica.
It seems that the attitude of domobrans toward the alleged armistice between partisans and Germans was not uniform therefore it is in my opnion necessary to present it in whole.

Domobrans in Ljubljana region led by Rupnik were upset and opposed to any armistice. Rupnik declared that domobrans would never accept armistice with partisans and Rösener was forced to submit. Reaction of domobrans in Primorska region (SNVZ) led by Kokalj was described by Zavadlav as follows:

"Ta »sporazum« o premirju na Primorskem je imel precejšen odmev. V Gorici je o tem pisal domobransko usmerjeni Goriški list. V Slovencu v Ljubljani je sporazum demantiral sam Roesener v posebnem razglasu 7. julija.

Komandant SNVZ polkovnik Kokalj je izdal 7. julija zaupno okrožnico, številka 124, v kateri navaja, da je premirje med partizani in Nemci v veljavi, pogajanja pa se bodo šele začenja. Pripadniki SNVZ naj se držijo sklenjenega premirja in naj ne izzivajo incidentov s partizani. V vsem naj se ravnajo v sporazumu z Nemci. 11. julija pa je dal navodilo, naj se častniki SNVZ ne pogajajo na svojo roko s partizani, ker ne vedo, kaj hočejo Nemci s sporazumom doseči.

Domobranski komandant v Postojni je 4. julija sporočil, da je dobil od nemškega polkovnika v Postojni obvestilo o pogajanjih partizanov z Nemci v pokrajinah Trst, Gorica, Videm, Pulj in da bodo 4. julija opoldan ustavljene sovražnosti. Domobranci naj ne zapuščajo Postojne z orožjem, partizani pa lahko pridejo v mesto neoboroženi."

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The »armistice« agreement in Primorska region had a considerable echo. The newspaper Goriški list published in Gorica/Gorizia which was in favour of domobrans wrote about it.

7.7.1944 commander of SNVZ domobrans Kokalj issued a secret circular letter no. 124 informing that armistice between partisans and Germans was in force but negotiations were yet to be started. SNVZ members should respect armistice and should not provoke difficulties with partizans. They should act in accordance with Germans.

11.7.1994 Kokalj issued an instruction that SNVZ officers should not negotiate by themselves with partisans because it was not known what Germans were up to.

4.7.1944 domobran commander in Postojna reported that he was informed by a German colonel in Postojna of negotiations between partisans and Germans to reach armistice in Triest (Trst), Gorizia (Gorica), Udine (Videm), Pula regions and that on 4.7. at noon hostilities would be withheld. Domobrans should not leave Postojna armed while partisans could come to Postojna unarmed.

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Re: Partisans negotiating with Germans in Slovenia, July 194

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Post by trekker » 17 Oct 2013, 07:38

I have found the following information that may be of interest to G. Trifkovic. I guess it fits to this thread well enough.

American lieutenant (later captain) of Serbian origin George Wuchinich was the chief of American OSS intelligence mission ALUM in Slovenia from 27.11.1943 till 25.7.1944. In one of his reports he mentioned that Germans had tried twice to make an agreement with partisans but had been unsuccessful. The first time it was in Mokronog in January 1944. The second time it was end of February 1944 with the help of a professor from Ljubljana.

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