Respected Melbourne Slovenians, Virgilij and Dragica Gomizelj join us for a chat.

Gospod Virgilij in Gospa Dragica Gomizelj sta v Melbournu zelo znana in spoštovana člana slovenske skupnosti.Zaupala sta nam svojo zgodbo, spominjala sta se časov, ko sta se spoznala. predstavila sta nam njuno dolgoletno in požrtvovalno delo v slovenski skupnosti. Še posebej zanimivo je bilo pripovedovanje Gospoda Virgilija, ki je bil zaprt na Golem Otoku, zgolj zaradi tega, kjer se ni strinjal s takratno oblastjo in ker si je upal povedati svoje mnenje. Januarja letos je praznoval 90. rojstni dan v krogu svojih najbližjih. Both joined us for an extended chat about their lives in Slovenia and Australia, their involvement within the Slovenian Community in Melbourne and how they met and married 67 years ago. Virgilij also spoke passionately about his time as a prisoner on Goli Otok and how he suffered terribly at the hands of the Communist regime simply for daring to challenge and criticise their authority! Virigilij recently celebrated his milestone 90th birthday in the company of his beautiful family and many friends at the Slovenian Association Melbourne where he and his wife have been members since its inception in 1954.

Source: Anica Markič, SBS Slovenian