the Fascist regime, he remained faithful to his democratic principles, although refusing to engage in any subversive action. In 1940/41, he was a legal advisor in the so-called Second trial of Trieste against the Slovene Communist leader Pinko Tomažič. During World War II, he joined the Liberation Front of the Slovenian People; in 1944, he became the president of its Trieste section. After the occupation of Trieste by the Yugoslav People's Army in May 1945, he became one of the members of the city's "Liberation Council". He continued his collaboration with the Titoist political structures in Trieste until 1946, when he resigned from all position in protests against the overwhelming Communist influence. After the formation of the Free Territory of Trieste in 1947, Ferfolja organized the Group of Independent Slovenes (Skupina neodvisnih Slovencev, SNS), together with Frane Tomčič and Dušan Rybář, as an alternative left wing opposition against the prevailing influence of the Communist Party of the Free Territory of Trieste among the Slovene workers in Trieste. After 1950, Ferfolja's platform joined forces with other Slovene anti-Communist political organizations, forming the Slovene National List, the predecessor of the modern Slovene Union. He died in Trieste in 1958. See also Engelbert Besednjak Josip Wilfan Boris Furlan Lavo Čermelj TIGR References Irena Gantar Godina, Masaryk in masarykovstvo pri Slovencih (Ljubljana: Slovenska matica, 1987), 130-131. SBL: 'Ferfolja, Josip' Henrik Tuma, Iz mojega življenja Matija Stergar, Izguba Trsta, kot jo vidimo danes (Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana) 1880 births 1958 deaths People from Doberdò del Lago Italian Slovenes Slovenian politicians Slovenian socialists 20th-century Slovenian lawyers Italian politicians Italian human rights activists Charles University alumni 20th-century Italian lawyers