Okresný ľudový súd v Bytči
- District People´s Court in Bytča
Extent and Medium
0,37 linear meters, paper documents.
Creator(s)
Biographical History
Following Second World War trials with Nazi criminals and their collaborators were organized on the territory of restored Czechoslovakia just like in many other European countries of those days. Three-tier retributive justice system was established in the Slovak part of post-war Czechoslovakia by the Regulation of the Slovak National Council no. 33/1945 on the Punishment of Fascist Criminals, Occupants, Traitors and Collaborators and on the Establishment of People’s Judiciary. District People’s Courts (Okresný ľudový súd), which were established at district seats with the jurisdiction over the territory of specific districts represented the second tier within the system of the retributive judiciary in Slovakia. Within their jurisdiction fall all criminal offenses stipulated by the Regulation No. 33/1945 with the exception of cases under the exclusive jurisdiction of the National Court (which tried only the leading officials of former Slovak Republic (1939-1945)). A 5-member Senates of District People´s Courts, consisting of a Senate president and four members decided cases. The Senate president and his deputy had to be professional judges.
Archival History
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Acquisition
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Scope and Content
Fonds of the District People´s Court in Bytča is not extensive, however, it contains various case files pertaining the activities and crimes committed during the period of the Hlinka´s Slovak People´s Party (HSĽS) regime in 1938-1945, including the persecution of Jews in Slovakia. It contains documentation of the trials against some local party dignitaries and members who were accused of propagation of the fascism and ruling regime. Several cases refer to the activities of the Special Units of the Hlinka Guard (POHG) and their collaboration with Nazi security bodies during the occupation of Slovakia in 1944-1945, in particular to the violent acts and catching the Jews. Fonds provides with information about some denunciation of Jews in this district.
Appraisal
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Accruals
No accruals expected.
System of Arrangement
Material is arranged numerically.
Conditions Governing Access
Archival documents can be reproduced with the permission of the archive and in accordance with archive´s Research Rules (Bádateľský poriadok) as well as other internal regulations of the Ministry of Interior.
Finding Aids
Printed catalogue in the Researchers´ Room of the State archive in Žilina with the seat in Bytča – Okresné a miestne ľudové súdy z územia Žilinského kraja 1945 – 1948. Združený výberový katalóg 1945 – 1948, authors Kamila Chudá and Jana Harantová, 1984.
Archivist Note
The fonds was identified and described by Michala Lônčíková.
Rules and Conventions
EHRI Guidelines for Description v.1.0