Ivan Ahčin was a Slovene sociologist, publicist

Publicist

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, journalist

Journalist

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, author

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 and politician

Politician

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He studied theology at the University of Ljubljana

University of Ljubljana

The University of Ljubljana is the oldest and largest university in Slovenia. With 64,000 enrolled graduate and postgraduate students, it is among the largest universities in Europe.-Beginnings:...

, where he graduated in 1925. He later worked as a professor of sociology at the University of Ljubljana. Between 1929 and 1941 he was also the editor of the daily newspaper Slovenec, the official organ of the Slovene People's Party

Slovene People's Party (historical)

The Slovene People's Party was a Slovenian political party in the 19th and 20th centuries, active in the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy and in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. Between 1907 and 1941, it was the largest and arguably the most influential political party in the Slovene Lands...

 and one of the two most influential newspapers in Slovenia

Slovenia

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. He was one of the closest collaborators of the conservative Slovene politician Anton Korošec

Anton Korošec

Anton Korošec was a Slovenian political leader, a prominent member of the conservative People's Party, a priest and a noted orator....

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After the Axis

Axis Powers

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 invasion of Yugoslavia

Invasion of Yugoslavia

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 in April 1941, Ahčin co-operated with Marko Natlačen

Marko Natlačen

Marko Natlačen was a Slovenian politician and jurist, who also served as a ban of the Dravska banovina but is perhaps best remembered as the author of the xenophobic slogan Srbe na vrbe.-Biography:...

, former governor of the Drava Banovina

Drava Banovina

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 in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia

Kingdom of Yugoslavia

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, who advocated the collaboration with the Italian occupation authorities of the Province of Ljubljana

Province of Ljubljana

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. After the assassination of Natlačen by Slovene Communist agents in October 1942, Ahčin emigrated to Rome

Rome

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, from where he contacted the Yugoslav government in exile

Government in exile

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 in London

London

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, and became one of the main advisors of the exiled Slovene conservative politician Miha Krek

Miha Krek

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. In Rome, he also established contacts with Janko Kralj, a Slovene exile from Gorizia

Gorizia

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: the two helped many anti-Nazis to escape Nazi persecution between 1943 and 1944, when Rome was under German occupation.

After 1945, Ahčin moved to Argentina

Argentina

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, where he worked as a professor on the Faculty for Theology of the University of Buenos Aires

University of Buenos Aires

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. He died in Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires

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In 1999, two historians from Ljubljana

Ljubljana

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, Bojan Godeša and Ervin Dolenc, published his memories of the period when he worked with Anton Korošec. The book, entitled Izgubljeni spomin na Antona Korošca ("The Lost Memory on Anton Korošec"), was published by the renowned publishing house Nova revija

Nova revija

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and reopened the discussion of the role of Anton Korošec in Slovene history

History of Slovenia

The history of Slovenia chronicles the period of the Slovene territory from the 5th Century BC to the present times. In the Early Bronze Age, Proto-Illyrian tribes settled an area stretching from present-day Albania to the city of Trieste. The Holy Roman Empire controlled the land for nearly 1,000...

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Books

• Komunizem: največja nevarnost naše dobe ("Communism: the Greatest Danger of Our Time", 1939)
• Prostozidarstvo ("Freemasonry", 1941)
• Sociologija I ("Sociology I", textbook, 1953)
• Sociologija II ("Sociology II", textbook, 1955)
• Socialna ekonomija ("Social Economy", textbook, 1958)