Dr. Franc Klar: zdravnik in narodni poslanec pred Sodiščem slovenske narodne časti

Abstract

Dr. Franc Klar (1896–1967) was a doctor and politician from the Prekmurje region. He began participating in politics at the beginning of the 1930s, he was associated with the Slovenian People’s Party and was also elected as a national representative. During the Second World War, he was forbidden from practicing his profession as a doctor and was under constant police surveillance. At the beginning of 1945, he was mobilised as a military doctor and carried out medical examinations of military recruits. Immediately after the war, he became the head of the medical authorities for the Lendava county. He was arrested and imprisoned in July 1945; on 24 August, he was sentenced by the Senate of the Court of Slovenian National Honour in Murska Sobota to 15 years of loss of national honour, six years of heavy forced labour and confiscation of his entire property. The trial was set up quickly, and the Court only considered the incriminating evidence when sentencing him. The trial was of a political nature, and Klar’s rights to a fair trial and defence were violated.

Keywords

• franc klar
• court of slovenian national honour
• show trial
• confiscation of property
• loss of political and civil rights