Anton Krošl was a Slovenian historian, educator, politician, and writer. Krošl was educated at the Maribor Humanistic Gymnasium, where he studied at Ljubljana Philosophical Faculty and graduated in 1930. He wrote poems and books, and worked as a translator and editor. Krošl was the first editor in Chief of Ogenj , the main magazine of the Krekova Mladina . In 1930 he became in charge of the Christian Socialist book publisher: "Delavska založba". He was co-author of the book Pregled občne zgodovine . He also wrote a school text bookZgodovina trgovine s kratkim orisom občne zgodovine that was used in schools in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. He was professor at Trgovska akademija v Ljubljani. He was pioneer of Slovene distance education, as founder, owner and director of the private Dopisne trgovske šole and Trgovski učni zavod. During World War II he founded and led the secretnational liberation organization Pobratim . He was also founder and leader of the secret wartime organization Narodna legija . Organizations Pobratim and Narodna legija belonged to Slovenian wartime political center and their approach was monarchist, legalistic based on apolitical platform. They worked against the Italian and German occupying forces. Pobratim and Narodna legija supported the Royal Yugoslav Government in exile and the Western allies with participation in the field of Secret intelligence work. Krošl was also He also participated in Direktorij Organization, which aimed to organize a secret military grouping willing to take political and military leadership in Slovenia and they appointed Krošl as Commander. He was also founder and leader of the secret wartime organization Narodna edinost that also publishad wartime newspaper Narodna edinost In 1943 and 1944 he was Head of State Intelligence Service of the Royal Yugoslav Army in Slovenia. During arrests in the Bata palace in Ljubljana in 1944 he was arrested by the German occupation forces and sent to a concentration camp Dachau and from there to a concentration camp at Neuengamme near Hamburg in Germany. The Germans evacuated the camp in 1945; he was among the 5,000 evacuees killed in the sinking of the Ancona by the RAFthe day before the war ended..
