Soldaten: the Story of Slovene Conscripts in Hitler’s Army

Authors

Stacey Snider, Brigham Young University
Thomas Russell, Brigham Young University

Keywords

Soldaten, Slovene conscripts, Hitler's army, Germany

College

Fine Arts and Communications

Department

Theatre and Media Arts

Abstract

In May of 2002 I sat in the riverside backyard of Igor Slavec on a picnic bench with my camera poised. As the Alpine river Sava moved slowly behind him, Igor told me about his family’s history in their village, Struževo, about his father’s experience in WWI, and finally about the predicament in which he found himself in 1943, as an unwilling conscript in the foreign army occupying his homeland. Igor is one of a unique group of WWII participants, confused and exploited, whose story I want to share in the form of a documentary film.

Recommended Citation

Snider, Stacey and Russell, Thomas (2013) "Soldaten: the Story of Slovene Conscripts in Hitler’s Army," Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2013: Iss. 1, Article 2334.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2013/iss1/2334