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In the southernmost part of Austria, things were different before 1910: around 90% of all residents spoke Slovenian; today only single digits. This decline is the result of a century-long discrimination, fed by dogged to radical nationalism and despicable ignorance in German-speaking society and pol...
| Other Authors: | , , |
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | Slovenian German |
| Language Notes: | In Slovenian and German, with subtitles in English, German, and Slovenian. |
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Baden bei Wien, Lower Austria :
Filmdelights,
2022.
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press) |
| Summary: | In the southernmost part of Austria, things were different before 1910: around 90% of all residents spoke Slovenian; today only single digits. This decline is the result of a century-long discrimination, fed by dogged to radical nationalism and despicable ignorance in German-speaking society and politics. In an essayistic documentary, personal conversations with family members reveal a picture of persecution, deportation, violent attacks, insidious hostility and bureaucratic hurdles. For many Carinthian Slovenians, these traumatizing experiences increasingly made Slovenian a burden outside the home. A mother tongue is many things at the same time: identity, memory, collective as well as individual history. What happens when your mother tongue is taken away from you in everyday life? |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (99 minutes) |
| Playing Time: | 01:38:17 |