Slovene Covenant

File:Coat of Arms of the Slovene Covenant.svg

The Slovene Covenant (Slovenska zaveza) was an underground anti-communist organisation formed in Slovenia in April 1942[http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/europe/czechrepublic/cztimeln.htm Czech Republic Timeline]. World Atlas. Retrieved 21 September 2014. by a number of non-communist political parties after the killing of Avgust Praprotnik (1891–1942) by operatives from the Security and Intelligence Service (Varnostnoobveščevalna služba, VOS), a forerunner of the Yugoslav secret police.Gregor J. Kranjc. [https://books.google.com/books?id=yMBL6HsVZvAC&q=%22slovene+covenant%22&pg=PT147 To Walk with the Devil]. University of Toronto Press (2013). {{ISBN|9781442660533}} It "adopted a political programme that strongly echoed the political positions of the OF" (Osvobodilna fronta).James Gow, Cathie Carmichael. [https://books.google.com/books?id=ktEZsky0DPQC&q=%22slovene+covenant%22&pg=PA231 Slovenia and the Slovenes: A Small State and the New Europe pp. 48, 49]. C. Hurst & Co. (2000) {{ISBN|9781850654285}} In 1943 anti-communist forces including the Slovene Covenant engaged in armed conflict against Partisan forces in the country and were defeated.