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24.01.2022 Big crowd at Otok airfield today!

17.01.2022 Slavnostni govornik gen. V pokoju Ladislav Lipi...

16.01.2022 77 years ago today the great adventure became epic... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raid_at_Ožbalt https://www.smh.com.au//the-flight-of-the-crow-the-greates

16.01.2022 We're excited to announce that our new series 'WWII's Great Escapes: The Freedom Trails' will be premiering on Channel 4 at 8pm, Saturday the 16th of September.... The Official Monty Halls will be retracing four incredible journeys as he treks the Freedom Trails of World War Two, discovering what it took to escape Nazi Europe and meeting the ordinary men and women who became heroes in the process. We're honoured to be telling these stories, and we hope you'll be as moved and inspired by them as we have been. http://seadogproductions.co.uk/broadca/wwIIs-great-escapes/

16.01.2022 Proslava na Otoku "Vranov let" se je zaela SFSN...

15.01.2022 https://www.total-slovenia-news.com//8873-74th-anniversary

13.01.2022 Jutri, v soboto ob 11 h ,se dobimo na Otoku..

13.01.2022 Dialects make Slovenian the most diverse Slavic language (feature) Apart from being geographically diverse, Slovenia boasts another richness, its many and rathe...r diverse dialects. Indeed, Slovenian has more dialects than any other Slavic language. Although they are constantly changing, the dialects are not dying out, experts agree. Officially, there are 37 dialects in Slovenia, but the way that people speak often differs from one village to another. This diversity is well captured in the proverb "Vsaka vas ima svoj glas", meaning "Every village has its own voice". Sometimes dialects can be so different from one another that it is hard for people from different parts of Slovenia to understand each other. There are even dictionaries of Slovenian dialects, which can be divided into seven groups: Dolenjska in the south of the country, Gorenjska just north of the centre, Koroška in the extreme north, Panonska in the north-east, Primorska in the south-west, Rovtarska, just west of centre and Štajerska north-east of centre. The reason for such dialectological diversity of Slovenia lays in the history of settling the land, its geographical barriers, administrative borders and to some extent the proximity to other countries. Some of the dialects have quite unique features. In the area of Bled, Haloze and a village in Prlekija in the north-east, women tend to be referred to as males in verb forms, while some dialects do not have dual, a grammatical number unique to Slovenian that is used in addition to singular and plural. However, some of these features seem to be gradually disappearing, especially among new generations. "Not that long ago dialects were perceived as less worthy, 'ugly', compared to standard Slovenian, so its use was banished from the public sphere - this kind of attitude unfortunately still exists in some places, but the situation seems to be improving," Janoš Ježovnik of the Scientific Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts (ZRC SAZU) has told the STA. "I'd say that in dialects the features that are perceived as the most marked are hit the hardest," believes Jažovnik, a specialist for Slovenian dialects in Italy. But although it seems that the education system that favours the standard variety of Slovenian, the technological progress, daily and other migrations, and centralisation are driving dialects to extinction, dialectologists at the ZRC SAZU beg to differ. A language or a dialect does not die because of linguistic innovation, but only if all of its speakers are eradicated, so dialects will merely continue changing, they say. "Many of us who speak in dialect see the dialect used by younger generations as destroying the system we once knew. But the changes we've made were also seen as rejecting the way of speaking of the older generations, which they saw as solid and unchangeable," Peter Weiss of the ZRC SAZU has told the STA. Language and dialects change because some phenomena become obsolete, sometimes dialects become similar to standard language or to the language spoken in bigger towns near-by, due to migrations to school or work, Weiss explains. The changes brought about by mobile devices and computers seem horrible in the eyes of older generations just like once people were horrified by the young who read books and later watched television. Neither had a positive effect on the traditional way of speaking, but it broadened the horizons, says Weiss, who is in charge of digitalisation of dialects at ZRC SAZU. The key is to find the balance between the two, which is not easy, he adds. However, the head of the dialectology department, Jožica Škofic, admits that dialects are now changing faster than half a century ago. "Some local dialects have become less specific, but most of the fundamental features of dialects remain the same," she has told the STA. Slovenian was the first written Slavic language in Latin script and is considered to be one of the most archaic languages in Europe. Slovenian is also spoken by the Slovenian communities in the bordering Italy, Croatia, Hungary, and Austria. Members of the Slovenian communities there speak mainly in dialects. As a result of migrations, Slovenian can also be heard in the US, Argentina, Serbia, Canada, Australia and South Africa. STA

11.01.2022 77 years ago today Ralph Churches, Leslie Laws and five others walked off the job and walked to meet some Partisans in the forest what happened next was extraordinary

10.01.2022 V našem bifeju"Semiški hram" smo imeli zakljuek pohoda Australcev iz Melbourna..

09.01.2022 Yesterday we walked our last steps on a 250+km journey, retracing the journey of 100 WWII POW’s escape to freedom from an airstrip in Otok. Here, under the wing...s of one of the original Dakota aircraft that lifted the wounded and escapees to a new future, we were met by a Slovenian choir, descendants of Partisans, to celebrate their victory, our trek, and the impact that the bravery of these men have had on many of our own lives, descendants and futures. What an incredible finalé to an eye-opening couple of weeks. For those interested in the history, research ‘The Crow’s Flight’ - next year Neil Churches and his exceptional local team will be offering the tour to anyone wanting to journey through the pristine Slovenian countryside, enjoying local old fashioned hospitality (a lot of schnapps from the farmers ), pristine forests, sweeping scenery, and moving world history. Thanks Neil. It has been truly amazing. Follow #cathyfinchphotography on Facebook and Instagram for future posts. See more

07.01.2022 A great escape story

06.01.2022 Obnovili smo dostop do obeležja bolnice Topolovec. Od tu so ranjence vozili na letališe Otok..

04.01.2022 Big crowd at Otok airfield today!

02.01.2022 Na Otoku so se Almini upi, da bi lahko poletela k zaveznikom v Bari - kot so to na primer smeli vojni ujetniki pod Churchesom - razblinili. Z letalom iz Krasinc...a so jo namesto k zaveznikom odpeljalu v Dalmacijo in šele dokaj pozno po koncu 2. svetovne vojne z zadnjim transportom v rodno Celje. See more

02.01.2022 Obnovili smo dostop do obeležja bolnice Topolovec. Od tu so ranjence vozili na letališe Otok..

01.01.2022 The customs shunting yards of Maribor, Slovenia; at the time renamed Marburg and forced into greater Germany (pictured in 1972). Two months after capture, after enduring appalling conditions in Corinth and Saloniki holding camps; three and a half days rail journey locked in cattle trucks in summer heat; Ralph Churches and several thousand other prisoners of war arrived here in the first week of July 1942. Like so many of his fellow prisoners, Ralph had lost nearly a third o...f his body weight to cholera and dysentery, while also shaking with malaria. Here he received his first proper meal for 9 weeks and was allowed to rest for two weeks before being sent out to work on a road-building contract. All he could think about was his wife's 22nd birthday and how to escape and get back to her.