sentences:  This was confirmed by on site studies by Katja Sturm-Schnabl in 1973
  
  At the beginning of the 20th century, numerous Slovenian associations under the patronage of the church as well as private were created in order to promote the Slovenian culture and to ensure its respect and legal rights, such as the Cyril and Method-Association.The Association called “Edinost” (“Unity”) of the neighbouring parish of Saint Thomas (see Magdalensberg) also developed their activities.During the ethnic cleansing of the Nazis and even before the beginning of WW II, any Slovenian activities as well as the use of the language were forbidden and persecuted and people who would speak it were put into camps at the latest in April 1942.