A person who used to function in high political and diplomatic circles
abroad and at home finds it difficult to accept the fate and the fact that he has
virtually no value anymore. After the extraordinary activities in the Yugoslav
Committee, appearance at Paris Peace Conference and being recalled from his
position as Emissary and Minister Plenipotentiary in Prague, Vošnjak‘s value
started to fade. Although he was functioning in the Constitutional Assembly and
the National Assembly under the aegis of the State Department as an advisor, he
did not stand out. Without his former standing, he launched himself into turbulent happenings of the Second World War and endeavored to flee his homeland,
probably hoping to help it as he did in the first emigration.However, all attempts
of escape failed, which led to his joining the Chetnik movement and seeking to
help Slovenes in exile who had taken refuge in Serbia. After the war, he found
himself in Rome where he was helped by Miha Krek, and was serving on the National Committee for Slovenia. After several attempts, he successfully emigrated
to the USA where he had even less value. Yet, despite the emigration and his age,
Vošnjak never forgot his homeland buttried to help it as much as he was able.He
sought to help primarily Slovenian refugees and those who due to disagreement
with the Communist authorities tried to flee to the USA, for which they needed
appropriate guarantees. These very refugees provided Vošnjak with the information on the situation in Yugoslavia as Vošnjak never set foot on the domestic
territory, precisely because of the threat of his liquidation. As if he turned back
time, he found himself facing the same fight as during the Great War. The role he
played then was not as trifling in the USA, since he was remembered by some
and therefore established direct contact with a few prominent Americans. He
made effort to convince important American politicians to help Slovenians with
Trieste issue, bearing in mind that he was interested in Trieste territory even
in the first emigration. Then he fought to free Yugoslavs from Austria-Hungary
domination and this time for their liberation from Tito‘s totalitarian regime. In
the conclusion it is worth recalling the fact that Vošnjak did not have a real connection with his homeland as all information he had, he gleaned only from the
opponents of the Communism in the homeland with whom he engaged in correspondence. Some information and news he obtained almost at the end of his life
upon encountering people in refugee centers whom he visited following the authorisation given by the US authorities in Europe. How did Vošnjak‘s homeland
respond to his efforts and if they even knew about him could not be observed
from the examined sources. We can only assume that his home country did not
know about him, as also indicated by long-standing silence or rather his life and
work left unexplored, especially after his departure to the USA following the
Second World War. Vošnjak believed until the end that he will someday return
to his homeland and will, together with other emigrants, have a place among
established and prominent people in Yugoslavia thus being able to help shape
politics and realize he never reached his ideal – unitarist concept.