2759 KB102 KB200120252023Remec, Metaštevilka:1letnik:23str. 203-238DOI:10.32874/SHS.2023-06ISSN:1580-8122COBISSID:179218691URN:URN:NBN:SI:doc-OXWBOM4JenZgodovinsko društvo dr. Franca KovačičaStudia Historica Slovenica1968Aleš KermaunerBorivoj DedijerBorut KardeljJugoslavijamladinasamomorSlovenijasocialismsocializemsuicideSvit BrejcyouthYugoslaviaTraitors, cowards, martyrs, heroes| youth suicide as a socio-historical phenomenon in the 1960s Slovenia|The article deals with the phenomenon of youth suicide and attitudes towards suicide in Slovenia after World War II. Based on the police and State Security Service (SDV) reports on suicides, memoirs, newspaper articles, and other materials collected by investigators (such as suicide notes and witness statements), the article sheds light on the social conditions in Slovenia during the 1960s, analyses the discourse of the authorities, the media, and experts in psychiatry, psychology, and criminology on the subject of youth suicide, and highlights the methods used by the socialist authorities to control the citizens. The second part of the article focuses on the police investigation of nine suicides and five attempted suicides of public figures' children, which the authorities considered particularly problematic because the deceased youth were socially engaged, educated, and privileged individuals whose deaths attracted public attentionČlanek se osredotoča na fenomen samomora med mladimi in na odnos do samomora v Sloveniji po drugi svetovni vojni. Na podlagi policijskih poročil in poročil Službe državne varnosti o samomorih, spominov, časopisnih člankov in drugega gradiva, ki so ga zbrali preiskovalci, kot so poslovilna pisma in izjave prič, osvetljuje družbene razmere v Sloveniji v šestdesetih letih, analizira diskurz oblasti, medijev in strokovnjakov s področja psihiatrije, psihologije in kriminologije na temo samomorov mladih ter prikazuje vzvode, s katerimi je oblast nadzorovala državljane. Drugi del se osredotoča na policijsko preiskavo 9 samomorov in 5 poskusov samomorov otrok javnih osebnosti, ki so bili za oblast posebej problematični, saj so bili to družbeno angažirani, izobraženi in privilegirani posamezniki, čigar smrt je pritegnila pozornost javnostiTEXTznanstveno časopisjejournalsSlovenian National E-content AggregatorNational and University Library of SloveniaZgodovinsko društvo dr. Franca Kovačiča v Mariboru