Politický život Slovákov vo Vojvodine v rokoch 1929 – 1934 (Od šiestojanuárovej diktatúry po atentát na kráľa Alexandra)
(Political Life of Slovaks in Vojvodina in 1929–1934 (From the 6 January Dictatorship to the Assassination of King Alexander))
Ján Tkáč
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Abstract: The coup d‘état of King Alexander I on January 6, 1929 was welcomed by many Slovaks in Vojvodina, because apart from the Slovak National Peasant Party, other political parties in Yugoslavia were also banned. Slovaks were in a difficult situation since the breakup of Yugoslavia in 1918, because cooperation with one national Serbian political party meant revenge from the other party when the political situation changed. The Slovak press of the time in Vojvodina adapted to the dictatorial regime and operated in the spirit of state propaganda. In the political newspaper Národná jednota there were fewer articles of a political nature. Articles of an informative nature prevailed. King Alexander I, the Karađorđević dynasty, the government and state power were described in a positive light. The main figure of Slovak public life in Vojvodina and Yugoslavia was lawyer in Novi Sad Ján Bulík (who come from Kovačica). In the new political conditions after 1929, he began to promote a new way of organizing Slovaks in Yugoslavia. This involved „non-political“ activities and the establishment of non-political organizations through which the policy of Slovaks was promoted. The Advisory Committee of Slovaks of the Danube Banate (banovina) played a major role in this policy. In 1932, the Advisory Committee of the Danube Banate founded the most important institution of Slovaks in Yugoslavia, Matica slovenská.
Keywords: dictatorship, coup d‘état, Yugoslavia, Vojvodina, Matica slovenská, banovina, advisory committee, foreign Slovaks