Sodišče slovenske narodne časti na Ptuju

Category: 1.01 Original scientific paper Language: Original in Slovene (Abstract in Slovene and English, Summary in English) Keywords: Court of Slovenian National Honour, judges, criminal procedure, penal policy, criminal proceedings, loss of national honour, forced labour, confiscation of property, Ptuj, 1945 Abstract: At the beginning of June 1945, the Court of Slovenian National Honor was established. Until the end of August 1945, those who cooperated in any way with the occupiers during the war were put to trial. It imposed the following penalties and/or sentences: loss of national honour, light or heavy forced labour, and total or partial confiscation of property for the benefit of the State. The five-member chambers operated in Ljubljana, Kranj, Novo mesto, Celje, Maribor, Ptuj, and Murska Sobota. The chairs and secretaries of the chambers were jurists, and the members of the chambers were persons without legal qualifications. There were two chambers in Ptuj; the first hearing against the eight defendants was on July 9, 1945. The proceedings before the court were prompt. In total, 382 persons appeared before the two chambers in Ptuj, of which 308 were sentenced and 74 acquitted. Following the abolition of the Court and the granting of a pardon, the convicts were fully spared from light or heavy forced labour. The legal consequences for those who were stripped of their national honour were limited to the loss of political and civil rights, including voting rights. The confiscation penalty remained in force.