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When I came across the remains of the Rupnik Line in 1999 nobody knew anything about it. I join the SiteO and it's founder, military historian Joe Kaufmann was the only one that replied to my inquiry about the Rupnik Line. He has listed former Yugoslav fortifications in his book "Fortress Europe" and thanks to his data I was able to carry out a comprehensive field research.
Thanks to Miha Naglic (Zirovski obcasnik) and later Janez Svajncer (Vojnozgodovinski zbornik) and Miroslav Ulcar (Obramba) I was able to publish my findings at home. Thanks to Joe Kaufmann the same material was published in the UK and France and through the SiteO also in Poland.
In 2004 I've published the book about the Rupnik line. The same year the Line was, as is illustrated by the scan below, listed in a global tourist guide (Rough Guides) as a notable tourist destination. I believe that I am justified to claim that the Recognition of Rupnik Line as globally interesting tourism destination is a direct end result of our cooperation with Joe Kaufmann via SiteO!
A.J.P.
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Ko sem leta 1999 naletel na utrdbe Rupnikove linije, je bila ta skoraj povsem neznana. Vclanil sem se v SiteO in na moje povprasevanje o Rupnikovi liniji se je oglasil le ustanovitelj SiteO, zgodovinar Joe Kaufmann. Ta je utrdbe bivse kraljevine Jugoslavije navedel v svoji knjigi Fortress Europe in zahvaljujoc njegovemu gradivu sem ta predmet lahko temeljito raziskal.
Mihi Naglicu (Zirovski obcasnik) in kasneje Janezu Svajncerju (Vojnozgodovinski zbornik) in Miroslavu Ulcarju (Obramba) se moram zahvaliti, da sem svoje ugotovitve lahko predstavil domaci javnosti. Joe Kaufmann pa je zastavil svoj ugled za objavo mojih sestavkov v Veliki Britaniji in Franciji. Preko SiteO pa so dosegli tudi objavo na Poljskem.
Leta 2004 sem o Rupnikovi liniji objavil knjigo. Tega istega leta je bila, kot ilustrira spodnja slika, Rupnikova linija navedena v enem od globalnih turisticnih vodikov (Rough Guides) kot pomembna turisticna znamenitost. Verjamem, da je prepoznanje Rupnikove linije za globalno zanimivo turisticno destinacijo neposreden oziroma koncni rezultat najinega sodelovanja z Joem Kaufmannom preko SiteO.
A.J.P.
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