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The Family | Born |
Alojzij (Lojze, Louis) Rijavec |
Trnovo, Austria, 1888 |
Lojze’ Wife: Rosalija Plesnicar |
Voglarji near Trnovo, Austria, 1892 |
Wife’s Brother: Leopold (Poldo) Plesnicar |
Trnovo, Austria, 1895 |
Poldo’s daughter: Rozika Plesnicar Slokar |
Trnovo, Italy, 1926 |
Poldo’s son: Zdravko Plesnicar |
Trnovo, Italy, 1932 |
Poldo’s grand daughter: Nives Slokar Lipovec |
Trnovo, Yugoslavia, 1951 |
Nives’ husband: Ivan Lipovec |
Novi Lasi, Yugoslavia, 1951 |
Nives’ daughter: Tanja Lipovec |
Nova Gorica, Yugoslavia, 1980 |
Nives’ son: Bostjan Lipovec |
Nova Gorica, Yugoslavia, 1976 |
Poldo’s sister: Fritzka |
Trnovo, Austria |
Poldo’s sister: Anastazia |
Trnovo, Austria |
Lojze’ sister: Felicita Rijavec |
Trnovo, Italy |
Felicita’s son: Stanislav (Stanko) Rijavec (Riavezzi) |
Trnovo, Austria |
Stanko’s daughter: Clara Riavezzi Tibaldi |
Trnovo, Italy |
Stanko’s niece: Lina Cumarini Noussan |
Trnovo, Italy |
About
Ryavec: As a Slovenian/American filmmaker, with a PhD in political history, I have been thinking about this film for over 30 years. After my father’s death in 2009, I found a trove of family correspondence. Trying to make sense of letters and photos dating back to 1914, I was pressed to learn enough Slovenian to understand them. And when I did, I found a principle that never changed over the century. From an agrarian age through industrialism, fascist corporatism, communistic collectivism, and socialism, in the Trnovo forest, land was the foundation of livelihood and land policy remained the tool of power.
Contact: Carole.Ryavec@gmail.com