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We see a first communion in Istria, an Adriatic peninsula. It has an interesting history. Venice became a major power in the Medieval era and seized control of Istria (1267). This introduced a strong Italian imprint. The Austrian Hapsburgs seized Istria as the wars associated with the French Revolution engulfed Europe (1797). And except for a brief period in which Napoleon seized the area (1805-13), the Hapsburgs controlled the area until their rule colapsed in the wake of World War I (1918). Istria then became Itlalian territory as part of the World War I settlement. After World War II it was mostly transferred to Yugoslavia (1945). The portrait here was taken in the 1930s before World War II. Ostria at the time was in Italian hands. The children belonged to the Italian community. After Yugoslavia achieved possession of Istria at the end of Wold war II, the Italians had to leave Istria. The girls here are wearing the traditional white dress. The boys are wearing also white clothing. They are wearing white footwear too. The two seated boys are wearing same style closed-toe sandals: the boy on the right side with white socks, that one on the left without any socks. The two choices were possible at that time, but formal clothing without socks was not common. On the contrary, today many people in Italy think that white socks are not appropriate for boys, and many think also that sandals must be worn always with no socks, in formal clothing too.
We see a first communion in Istria, an Adriatic peninsula. It has an interesting history. Venice became a major power in the Medieval era and seized control of Istria (1267). This introduced a strong Italian imprint. The Austrian Hapsburgs seized Istria as the wars associated with the French Revolution engulfed Europe (1797). And except for a brief period in which Napoleon seized the area (1805-13), the Hapsburgs controlled the area until their rule colapsed in the wake of World War I (1918). Istria then became Itlalian territory as part of the World War I settlement. After World War II it was mostly transferred to Yugoslavia (1945). After the breakup of Yugoslavia, Istria was split between Croatia and Slovenia except for a small Italian section. Istria was under the Hapsburgs a multi-cultural region populated by Italians, Croats, Slovenes and smaller numbers of other ethnic communities. Relations among these communities was geneally harmonious until after the Napoleonic Wars when nationalist sentiment grew in Europe. Istria was affected by both Italian irredentism and Slovenian and Croatian nationalism. The result was the development of ethnic conflict. Rising nationalism was exacerbated by social class differences. The town populations were mostly Italian and the rural population mostly ethnic Croats or Slovenes. Facist Italy after World War I persued a policy of Italianization and suppression of non-Italin culture. The brief NAZI occupation (1943) also affected community relations.
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