Contribution to the history of Slovakia The so-called "Jewish question"

Identifier
irn500866
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1995.A.0564
  • RG-02.237
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
  • Slovak
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn500866

Extent and Medium

folders

2

Creator(s)

  • Georg Keleti

Biographical History

Georg Keleti was in hiding during the Holocaust. He moved to Germany in the 1960s and immigrated to the United States in 1970. He later worked as an associate professor at the University of Pittsburgh, Department of Environmental and Clinical Microbiology.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Georg Keleti donated the manuscript of his memoir to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives in Mar. 1995, maintaining the copyright.

Scope and Content

Contains a memoir entitled "Contribution to the History of Slovakia (The So-called 'Jewish Question' - Partial Autobiography)" relating to the experiences in Slovakia from 1925 to 1947. In the memoir Georg Keleti discusses childhood in Slovakia, local antisemitiesm, the history of the Hlinka Guard, and the Free Slovak Republic. The memoir was written in or after 1991and ends with a note about the author's 1991 visit in Slovakia.

System of Arrangement

The collection is organized in two folders: Folder 1 of 2: English version of the memoir Folder 2 of 2: Slovak version of the memoir

People

  • Wisliceny, Dieter, 1911-
  • Beneš, Edvard, 1884-1948.
  • Masaryk, T. G. (Tomáš Garrigue), 1850-1937.
  • Tiso, Jozef, 1887-1947.

Corporate Bodies

  • Hlinkova slovenská lʹudová strana

Subjects

  • Spišská Nová Ves (Slovakia)
  • Michalovce (Slovakia)
  • Jews--Slovakia--History--20th century.
  • Slovakia--History--1918-1945.

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.

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