''Help in the Winter'' () was a Slovene almanac published in 1944 by 110

anticommunist Anti-communism is Political movement, political and Ideology, ideological opposition to communism, communist beliefs, groups, and individuals. Organized anti-communism developed after the 1917 October Revolution in Russia, and it reached global ...

authors in protest against the Slovene Liberation Front's policy of

cultural silence Cultural silence () was the boycott, ordered in January 1942 by the communist-dominated Slovene Liberation Front (OF), of all cultural activities and events connected with the German and Italian annexation of Slovenia because the Axis powers autho ...

. Whereas the authors were gathered under the guise of charitable activity, later, their work was claimed to be a direct and effective opposition to the cultural silence. The authors who published the almanac did not join the

Partisan movement Partisan(s) or The Partisan(s) may refer to: Military * Partisan (military), paramilitary forces engaged behind the front line ** Francs-tireurs et partisans, communist-led French anti-fascist resistance against Nazi Germany during WWII ** Itali ...

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