Maribor Stories: The End of Tolerance explores a lesser-known chapter of the city's history involving its former licensed brothels. On 7 March 1919, the regional government for Slovenia and Istria banned these establishments, then known as tolerance houses. The ban did not end prostitution, however. Local authorities soon received reports of sexually transmitted infections and unlicensed establishments operating in the old town.
On 27 August 1919, the Maribor police commissioner granted Alojzija Rojs a temporary permit to operate a brothel at 5 Žički Passage. Strict rules applied: civilians and officers entered through the main door, while ordinary soldiers used a separate entrance on Vojašniška Street. Employees underwent medical examinations twice weekly, visitors were required to undergo disinfection, and alcohol sales were prohibited.
When regional authorities in Ljubljana learned about the establishment, they demanded its closure. Maribor's last tolerated brothel was forced to shut. The story reveals tensions between government regulations and local responses to social conditions in the years following the First World War.