Our story

Juilja was born 1909 as a coal-miner‘s daughter who grew up into a beautiful girl. As a humble shop assistant she married a lawyer named Leo in 1933. Soon afterwards, Leo inherited a successful china and glassware store from his uncle.

In their marriage, which ended in 1941 with Leo‘s premature death, Julia and Leo had an only son, Robert, born 1933, whom they loved very much.

Robert used to say he had three lives.

In his first life, Robert was a spoiled merchant‘s son, living a comfortable and protected life. Robert was called Pavči, i.e., „little Pavel“, by his parents. Pavel was Robert‘s middle name, in honor of his grandfather Pavel.

Robert – Pavči  with his father Leo in 1937.

Robert  - Pavči with his mother Julia in 1938.

In his second life, after his father‘s death in 1941, Robert had to grow up quickly. In 1945 all family property was confiscated by the state except for an apartment at 5 Krojaška Lane, where Robert lived with his mother Julija.

Robert became an exceptional chess player who won the junior championship of Yugoslavia in 1950.

In his third life, Robert became a world-renowned physicist with a research and teaching position in Ljubljana, who  was invited all around the globe to share  his discoveries on order and disorder in liquid crystals and magneto-electric systems.

Robert skiing with his son Aleš in 1964.

Robert visiting the Acropolis in Athens, Greece, with his wife Majda in 1970.

In addition to his prolific work, Robert took good care of his family. In 1991 – 95, after the Law of denationalisation was passed in the newly independent Slovenia, Robert managed to retrieve most of his family‘s real estate property.

Robert's last book was published in 2011, only a few months before his death.

Julija & Robert‘s Apartments and Rooms at 5 Krojaška Lane, Ljubljana, are run by Robert‘s daughter-in-law Bojana, who is helped by and sometimes obstructed by her husband Aleš and  their poodle Ozzie. All three of them live in the house at 5 Krojaška Lane.