Archivalia of the month August 2025
eputy Public Prosecutor letter to the Ministry of the Interior, addressing the punishment of the members of the orchestra Veseli berači (Merry Beggars). | Author Osebni arhiv Primož Kristan
For this month's archivalia, we have chosen a document from autumn 1948, when the members of the orchestra Veseli berači were fined 3,000 dinars for »often playing songs to which almost all dancers danced the indecent dance 'bogie-wogie', which was prohibited.« After their appeal against the decision was dismissed, the orchestra members requested protection of legality, and in April 1949 the Public Prosecutor’s Office concluded that the criminal sanctions against them were unlawful and void.
Archivalia of the month August »Indecent Dance 'Boogie-Woogie'«: on the Unlawful Prohibition of Performing Jazz and Popular Music.