Trials of the National Court of Slovakia

Identifier
irn524461
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2007.362
  • RG-57.004M
Dates
1 Jan 1910 - 31 Dec 1975, 1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1947
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Slovak
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn524461

Extent and Medium

72,292 digital images, JPEG

83 microfilm reels (digitized), 35 mm

23,324 digital images, JPEG

Archival History

Slovenský národný archív

Acquisition

Forms part of the Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This archive consists of documentation whose reproduction and/or acquisition was made possible with funding from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Source of acquisition the Slovenský národný archív (Slovak National Archives, SNA). Documents created by the Narodny Sud trial records, later stored at SNA, where they were microfilmed. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Programs Division acquired the collection from the SNA. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the microfilm reels in Dec. 2007. The Museum, in consultation with the Slovak National Archives and the archival section of the Slovak Ministry of the Interior, decided in 2021 to digitize the original National Court trial cases in their entirety and acquire a complete set in form of digital scans. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the images in six accretions between April and December 2022.

Scope and Content

Contains the postwar trials of the Slovak National Court, including the cases brought against Jozef Tiso, János Eszterházy, and others accused of crimes against Slovakia. The collection includes selected microfilms and two sets of scans: the first set consists of black and white access scans made of the selected microfilms; the second set is a complete set of high resolution color scans.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Slovenský národný archív

People

  • Tiso, Jozef, 1887-1947--Trials, litigation, etc.--Sources.

Subjects

  • War crime trials--Slovakia.
  • Slovakia--History--Uprising, 1944.
  • Slovakia--Politics and government--1918-1945.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Slovakia.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Czechoslovakia.
  • Jews--Slovakia--History--20th century.

Genre

  • Document
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.

Copies

  • Slovenský národný archív

    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Slovenský národný archív

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