Alexander Bachnár papers, Bratislava component collection

Copies of documents on the Holocaust in Slovakia collected by Alexander Bachnár during his research in various archives, as well as the study of press and testimonies, original versions of his personal archives, correspondence, his own and other author's works. The documents include Anti-Jewish regulations, decisions, regulations of the Ministry of Interior, the State Council and Jewish Center; the Jewish Census from before the concentration of Jews and transports in 1942; the Census of Jewish Property (and documents relating to Aryanization, lists of persons imprisoned in labor and concentration camps and various lists of prisoners). Contains transport lists from 1942, arranged in chronological order, as well as a group of documents named “Victims”. These are mainly different lists from concentration camps. Also contains documents pertaining to testimonies for the Righteous Among Nations Award; works of other authors, both arranged in alphabetical order. Bachnár kept long-term contacts with members of the VI Labour Battalion, therefore there are also documents of the Committee of Labor Battalion. Included is the documentation on cooperation with the Czech historical group OSVĚTIM. Due to Bachnar´s collecting activity, the collection contains personal documents and press clippings, as well as photographs on the topic of the Holocaust. Also contains the Holocaust-related works of other authors. This collection is complementary to the Musuem's collections: Alexander Bachnár papers ( Accession Number 2004.104.2) and Oral history interviews with Alexander Bachnár.

Arranged in 18 series: Series I.A: Osobné doklady. Korešpondencia. (Personal Documents and Correspondence); Series I.B: Práce A. Bachnára (The work of A. Bachnár); Series II: Smernice o Židoch (Guidelines on Jews); Series III: Súpisy Židov (Jewish Census); Series IV: Majetkové veci, arizácie (Property, Aryanization); Series V: Zoznamy väzňov (Lists of prisoners); Series VI: Príprava deportácií (Preparation of deportations); Series VII: Transporty (Transports); Series VIII: Vnútroštátne transporty (National transports); Series IX: Úteky (Escapes); Series X: Obete (Victims); Series XI: Svedectvá (Testimonies); Series XII: Vyznamenanie Yad Vashem (Yad Vashem honors); Series XIII: Práce iných autorov (Works by other authors); Series XIV: Materiály Výboru VI. robotného práporu (Committee materials VI. labor battalion); Series XV: Historická skupina OSVĚTIM (Historical group OSVĚTIM); Series XVI: Cudzie osobné doklady (Foreign identity documents); Series XVII: Výstrižky z tlače (Press clippings).