The article discusses the fond of Dr. Engelbert Besednjak who was a jurist, politician, journalist, publicist, and Christian Socialist. Preserved material allows us to follow the beginnings of Besednjak’s political work within the
Edinost (Unity) Society in Gorica, his participation in the Parliament in Rome between the years 1924 and 1928, his activity in the European Nationalities Congress in Vienna and during the Second World War in Belgrade, and
his return to Trieste.