The KHD's annual commemoration of the great defensive fighter and organizer of the Carinthian referendum, Hans Steinacher, at the memorial in Miklautz Hof has already become a tradition.
This monument, that of the KHD five years ago 100. anniversary of the referendum, has already been smeared several times by left-wing radical chaots. Nevertheless, they gather every year on the evening of 10. In October a number of local dignitaries with close ties to their homeland attended the memorial together with the Steinacher family, to commemorate the great Carinthian with spiritual blessing.
KHD chairman Andreas Mölzer pointed this out in his speech this year in addition to honoring Steinacher, that the home service serves as the country's patriotic conscience, especially in the year of remembrance 2025 was required again, To counteract the distortions of Carinthia's recent history. The attempts come from radical circles around the Slovenian students and the University of Klagenfurt, to trivialize the post-war crimes of the Tito partisans and to stigmatize the memory of these victims, should be resolutely rejected.
And Christoph Steinacher, the grandson of the KHD founder explained, that the referendum of 1920 should be a reminder to all of us - especially in a time of global crises - to continue working for peace in the country.
