Now the investigation of the memorial abusers must also be accelerated. The KHD is ready for this, Further 5.000 Euro Belohnung zu zahlen.

After the State monument “Site of Carinthian Unity” in Klagenfurt's Landhaushof and that Jubilee memorial had been violated in Miklauzhof, became the Slovenian name on several at the beginning of this year bilingual place-name signs überschmiert.

KHD promises 5.000 Euro reward

The reward was for researching the plaque smearers who were against peaceful coexistence, as well as peace- and those who are hostile to understanding Memorial molester zugesagt.

With success!

A few weeks later, the observant police officer was able to Matthias kotnik give useful advice to the executive in his spare time, which led to the investigation of two perpetrators, die die slowenische Bezeichnung auf mehreren Ortstafeln überschmiert hatten.

The reward was paid to Matthias Kotnik today

The investigation of the perpetrators made an important contribution to the further consolidation of the peaceful coexistence of German Carinthians and Slovenian Carinthians, which has been untroubled for years, stressed Chairman Josef Feldner and expressed his hope, that now those troublemakers too, who desecrated the state memorial in Klagenfurt and the anniversary memorial in Miklauzhof, ausgeforscht werden.

The KHD promises more for the investigation of the memorial abusers 5.000 Euro reward to be paid. With this, the KHD wants to underline its great interest in sustainable reconciliation and understanding. Im Interesse des Friedens in einer gemeinsamen Heimat Kärnten.

KHD / fritzpress Foto: Reward in front of the office building of the Carinthian Homeland Service paid out from L.. KHD chairman Josef Feldner, Finance officer Walter Leitner, Vice Chairman Franz Jordan and Matthias Kotnik)

They have the same handwriting! The still unknown perpetrators, which has been the “site of the Carinthian Unity” in Klagenfurt since autumn last year – already twice the anniversary monument “Common Home Carinthia” in Miklauzhof – und die slowenische Bezeichnung auf inzwischen einem Dutzend Ortstafeln in Südkärnten mit zumeist schwarzer Farbe beschmieren.

The obvious thrust:

That has been the case for almost two decades – not least thanks to the efforts of the German-Slovenian Carinthian consensus group - to torpedo largely undisturbed, peaceful coexistence between the two population groups in Carinthia!

This acting for the same reasons hostile to understanding, vermutlich winzig kleinen Tätergruppe war und ist das überaus harmonisch verlaufene 100-Jahr-Jubiläum der Kärntner Volksabstimmung ein Dorn im Auge.

The KHD memorial, which has already been smeared twice: "Common Carinthian Homeland"(links). A smeared place-name sign (right)

It is now also about Carinthia's international reputation!

The Carinthian Homeland Service requests the competent official authorities in the country, to pay close attention to the rapid investigation of the perpetrators, not only in the interests of maintaining peace in Carinthia, sondern vor allem auch im Interesse des internationalen Ansehens unseres Landes.

The fact, that the Carinthian Homeland Service for information on researching the perpetrators a respectable reward for him 5.000 Euro suspends, soll das große Interesse des Heimatdienstes an der Wahrung des Friedens und am weiteren Ausbau eines noch stärker versöhnenden Miteinanders unterstreichen.

Call to all German speakers, as well as to all Slovenian-speaking Carinthian compatriots: Let us not be provoked!

Last but not least, we must all be united in dealing with the corona pandemic as quickly as possible!

For the Carinthian Homeland Service

Chairman Josef Feldner

The on 3. October of the Carinthian Heimatdienst unveiled the anniversary monument "Common Homeland Carinthia", that should include both population groups equally, to finally overcome old distrust and mutual aversions, was made in the morning hours of Christmas Eve(!) again smeared. With black paint and the Slovenian word "Sramota" sprayed in red (shame).

The attack, apparently by a small group of Slovenian nationalist extremists, is aimed at this, das friedliche Zusammenleben beider Bevölkerungsgruppen in Kärnten zu torpedieren.

That although in the anniversary year that has now ended, also repeated by the Carinthian Homeland Service of the many Slovenes loyal to Carinthia, who voted for Austria, had been thanked, without judging them, die damals für Jugoslawien stimmten.

Der Kärntner Heimatdienst wird sich auch durch Gewaltaktionen slowenischer Extremisten nicht vom auch künftigen Weg der Verständigung und Versöhnung abhalten lassen ohne dabei seine traditionsbewusste Aufgabenstellung aufzugeben.

Let me make it clear once more:

If we show respect for one another without intent to revise the boundaries, on the one hand for the memory in Slovenia of the fighters around the northern border, dann erwarten wir andererseits auch denselben Respekt für unser pro-österreichisches Abstimmungsgedenken in Kärnten.

And this commemoration of ours also indispensably closes the undisputed motor in the intellectual struggle for Austria, Hans Steinacher a, without concealing its ambivalent relationship to National Socialism, like in our documentation presented by the deputy chairman Andreas Mölzer at the unveiling of the monument “Hans Steinacher in light and shadow. A Carinthian of his time " offengelegt wird.

Chairman Josef Feldner