called ‘Jugolira’ (especially for Primorska region) which enabled people to trade with Zone A or the rest of Slovenia. People frequently walked to Gorizia to buy goods at least until the time when the Italian lira was still their currency.” (Parish chronicle of Črni Vrh, 1945, my translation) One of the major problems that people faced with was the lack of food and raw material. In Zone B it was hard to supply and distribute food and other goods, to set the prices and applicable taxes. In Zone A the standard of living was pretty different from the other side of the border and the residents of Zone B understandably felt unhappy which led to heavy criticism of the authorities. The situation led to smuggling, a black market, economic sabotage and speculation (Rosa, 2002). When I was conducting research, I was mainly interested to what extent and why the smuggling after the Second World War was even present. I was unable to collect much information about the topic so I came to the conclusion that smuggling was pretty scarce. For such ventures people would need reliable people in Zone A, who would be willing to sell the goods (Slokar, 2010: 59). Among the smugglers more women were caught in act than men, with small goods such as butter, eggs, cigarettes, etc. These goods were normally hidden between the planks of a wagon or in a haystack, etc. In the following section I will quote a few examples of the reports of the District Executive Committee of National Liberation of Idrija. “On the 22nd of December, 1945 Črni Vrh NZ Patrol stopped a companion named Pirc Frančiška, born November 9, 1886 residing in Zadlog No. 4 who had in her possession 2 kg of butter hidden in a chariot between the planks... ” (KLO Črni Vrh, 1351, my translation) “(...) Mr. Franc Bonča claimed in a hearing that all the above goods were intended to be transported to Ajdovščina and replaced other goods to be used in a household. Since Bonča Franc was known as a smuggler and had some goods hidden in hay, the Local Command NZ Črni Vrh confiscated those goods.” (KLO Črni Vrh, 1351, my translation) “Rudolf Jožefa, residing in Črni Vrh 31 was searched in the transition Zone A and was caught with the following goods for which she had no permission: 19 eggs, 0.90 g of butter, 200 pcs. of different types of cigarettes and two golden rings. The listed goods were hidden and intended to be smuggled into Zone A.” (KLO Črni Vrh, 1351, my translation)
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