The Province of Ljubljana was the central-southern area of Slovenia. In 1941, it was annexed by Fascist Italy, and after 1943 occupied by Nazi Germany. Created on May 3, 1941, it was abolished on May
During World War II, Nazi Germany and Hungary occupied and annexed the northern areas (brown and dark green areas, respectively), while Fascist Italy occupied the vertically hashed black area, including the Gottschee area (the solid black western part had already been annexed by Italy with the Treaty of Rapallo). After 1943, Germany took over the Italian occupational area as well.
The Province of Ljubljana (Provincia di Lubiana, borders in red) inside the northeastern Kingdom of Italy
1942 announcement that exiting Ljubljana is forbidden by Fascist Italian authority
Tabula Ducatus Carnioliae, Vindorum Marchiae et Histriae
Leon Rupnik, also known as Lav Rupnik or Lev Rupnik was a Slovene general in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia who collaborated with the Fascist Italian and Nazi German occupation forces during World War II.
Province of Ljubljana
…stepped down in opposition to Italian occupation policies, and the Council itself ceased to be summoned. After the German occupation in September 1943, Leon Rupnik was named president of the province. He managed to establish a fairly autonomous provincial administration with the help of a small circle of collaborators…
Leon Rupnik during World War II
Leon Rupnik, Bishop Gregorij Rožman, and SS General Erwin Rösener
Leon Rupnik, Bishop Gregorij Rožman and SS General Erwin Rösener review Home Guard troops in front of the Ursuline Church, Ljubljana, after the Home Guard oath of allegiance on January 30, 1945.