In the early 1930s, he started actively working as a researcher at the Minority Institute in Ljubljana, a private institution established to study the position of Slovene minorities in Italy, Austria and Hungary. In 1935, he published the monograph Life-and-death Struggle of a National Minority: the Yugoslavs in Italy, in which he described the persecution of the Slovenes and Croats in the Julian March and in the Venetian Slovenia. The book was later translated into French, German, Italian and Russian, becoming a referential work on the subject.
When the Italian army occupied the so-called Province of Ljubljana after the invasion of Yugoslavia in April 1941, Čermelj was arrested by the Italian authorities and trialed at the Second Trieste trial. He was sentenced to death, but the conviction was later converted to life imprisonment. He was sent to the maximum security prison on the island of Elba. In 1944 he was released by the Allied troops and joined the Yugoslav partisans. After World War II, he collaborated as an expert for the Yugoslav foreign ministry, and after 1947 he dedicated himself mostly to the study of the legal position of the Slovene minority in Italy.
Čermelj also wrote several books and articles for the popularization of science. In 1971 he translated Hoyle's book Astronomy from 1962 into Slovene.[1]
He died in Ljubljana. In 1999, a memorial bust by Jakov Brdar was erected to him in Toscanini Park in Ljubljana.[2]
^Stergar, Janez (1999). "Stodesetletnica rojstva in dvajsetletnica smrti dr. Lava Čermelja (1889-1980)". Razprave in gradivo: revija za narodnostna vprašanja. Inštitut za narodnostna vprašanja (35): 353–355. ISSN 0354-0286. COBISS 7362381.
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lavo, Čermelj, this, article, includes, list, general, references, lacks, sufficient, corresponding, inline, citations, please, help, improve, this, article, introducing, more, precise, citations, january, 2013, learn, when, remove, this, template, message, it. This article includes a list of general references but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations January 2013 Learn how and when to remove this template message Lavo Cermelj Italianized in Lavo Cermeli 10 October 1889 26 January 1980 was a Slovene physicist political activist publicist and author In the 1930s he was one of the foremost representatives of Slovene anti Fascist emigres from the Italian administered Julian March together with Josip Vilfan Ivan Marija Cok and Engelbert Besednjak Lavo CermeljLife EditLavo Cermelj was born in Trieste then part of the Austro Hungarian Empire After finishing the German language lyceum in his native town he enrolled in the Charles University in Prague where he studied law for one year He then switched to the University of Vienna where he studied mathematics and physics graduating from physics in 1914 During World War I he was drafted in the Austro Hungarian Army After the war he returned to Trieste then already part of the Kingdom of Italy where he worked as a professor at a private Slovene language high school In the late 1920s he collaborated with several underground organizations that were resisting the policies of Fascist Italianization in the Julian March When his activities were traced by the Italian Fascist secret police he illegally emigrated to the Kingdom of Yugoslavia He settled in Ljubljana and got employed at the Bezigrad Grammar School In the early 1930s he started actively working as a researcher at the Minority Institute in Ljubljana a private institution established to study the position of Slovene minorities in Italy Austria and Hungary In 1935 he published the monograph Life and death Struggle of a National Minority the Yugoslavs in Italy in which he described the persecution of the Slovenes and Croats in the Julian March and in the Venetian Slovenia The book was later translated into French German Italian and Russian becoming a referential work on the subject When the Italian army occupied the so called Province of Ljubljana after the invasion of Yugoslavia in April 1941 Cermelj was arrested by the Italian authorities and trialed at the Second Trieste trial He was sentenced to death but the conviction was later converted to life imprisonment He was sent to the maximum security prison on the island of Elba In 1944 he was released by the Allied troops and joined the Yugoslav partisans After World War II he collaborated as an expert for the Yugoslav foreign ministry and after 1947 he dedicated himself mostly to the study of the legal position of the Slovene minority in Italy Cermelj also wrote several books and articles for the popularization of science In 1971 he translated Hoyle s book Astronomy from 1962 into Slovene 1 He died in Ljubljana In 1999 a memorial bust by Jakov Brdar was erected to him in Toscanini Park in Ljubljana 2 See also EditJosip Ferfolja TIGRReferences Edit Hoyle Fred 1971 Astronomy COBISS 18285313 Stergar Janez 1999 Stodesetletnica rojstva in dvajsetletnica smrti dr Lava Cermelja 1889 1980 Razprave in gradivo revija za narodnostna vprasanja Institut za narodnostna vprasanja 35 353 355 ISSN 0354 0286 COBISS 7362381 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lavo Cermelj amp oldid 1118799581, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
