The authoress focuses on a review of the activity of official social and health institutions during the Italian occupation, which were attempting to alleviate the distress of people living in the Ljubljanska pokrajina (Province of Ljubljana). Of course, the activities of such institutions were being carried out in the presence and surveillance of Italian advisors. The fascist occupational regime and wartime circumstances demanded the foundation of new offices that were managed by Italians only. The high commissioner who founded committees also appointed Italian officers as their presidents; he even sent duty officers to the Prehranjevalni zavod (Nourishment home for the Ljubljanska pokrajina). The authoress attempts with the help of archival sources and newspapers of that time and on cases of individual fates to present their everyday struggle for survival, their appeals for social aid, and their — for thepresent time modest — wishes, which in that time meant a lot and give many hope for a better time. However, only the "politically and morally appropriate" individuals were given such help.