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Country: Slovakia

  1. Okresný ľudový súd v Galante

    • District People´s Court in Galanta

    The fonds contains files pertaining the persecution of Jews in Galanta and surrounding area which belonged to Hungary in 1938-1945 but contains also files pertaining to the persecution of Jews at the territory of Slovakia (1938-1945). Several files contain the information on denunciation of Jews. There is a case file pertaining to the denunciation of smuggling of Jews over the Slovak-Hungarian border. Fonds contains several files of Arrow Cross Party memebers which contain the information on the persecution of Jews. There are also files of the Slovak Hlinka Guard members who were prosecuted...

  2. Okresný úrad v Humennom

    • District Office in Humenné

    Archival fonds contains documents of the District Office in Humenné, which was the state administration body. The fonds contains just a small fraction of original files of the District Office in Humenné, as the majority of the documents did not survive. The fonds contains only few documents pertaining the Holocaust. More specifically it contains the file on confiscation of cars belonging to Jews from Humenné; the circular letter of the District Office in Humenné for the so called Temporary administrators of former Jewish households from May 1942 and the file containing the information on ho...

  3. Okresný úrad v Levoči

    • District Office in Levoča

    The fonds of the District Office in Levoča is one of the best preserved fonds of its kind in Slovakia. The District Office in Levočas was the state administration body at the regional level. Its fonds contains the documents concerning political, economic, cultural and social situation in this district during the period 1923 – 1945. As such it contains many documents pertaining to the persecution of Jews living in this district in 1938-1945. Fonds contains documents concerning the expulsion of Jews from the district of Levoča during the deportation of Jews from the territory of autonomous Sl...

  4. Ministerstvo zahraničných vecí

    • Ministry of Foreign Affairs
    • MZV

    The fond contains documents of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic from the years 1939 and1945. In addition to the records of the Ministry, it contains documents of Slovak diplomatic missions, including political and economic reports sent to Slovakia by its diplomats. The fond contains reports reflecting the persecution of Jews in Slovakia and abroad (eg. In Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, Romania, Bulgaria).

  5. Ministerstvo vnútra

    • Ministry of Interior

    The fonds contains documents of the Ministry of Interior of the Slovak Republic from years 1939 and 1945, including some of the most important documents relating to the Holocaust in the Slovak territory. This includes various types of registers of Jews created by the state bodies in 1939-1945. Among others there are Sheets of the Census of Jews from 1942 , 1943, 1944 covering most of Slovak districts of those days. In addition, the fonds contains documents on different anti-Jewish persecution measures of state administrative bodies and security (police) forces. Fond also contains transport ...

  6. Jelínek Yeshayahu Andrej

    Fragmentary personal fonds of prof. Jelínek contains numerous copies of his correspondence from the years 1988 – 1998. Letters are mainly dedicated to the professor´s main field of study – Slovak State (1939 – 1945) and Jewish persecution, especially on information about relevant sources and literature, as well as on the contemporary phenomenon of anti-Semitism with specific focus on the territory of Slovakia and Czech lands. Correspondence is mainly pertaining the discussions with Slovak, American and Canadian historians who are dealing with Central European History. Some of the letters ar...

  7. Fond "S"

    Collection contains various documents gathered by the Czechoslovak security bodies and stored and sorted by the Studijní ústav Ministerstva vnitra (Study Institute of the Ministry of Interior) in Prague. While some documents cover activities of Jewish organization in late 1930s, and pertain to the period before 1939, others come from the period 1939-1945 and cover anti-Jewish measures of Slovak Ľudák regime. This includes lists of Jews employed in the agriculture, documents pertaining to the so called temporary administration of Jewish households in various towns as well as circular letters...

  8. Ústredňa štátnej bezpečnosti

    • State Security Headquarters
    • F-209

    The fonds contains Fond obsdocuments of the State Security Headquarters (Ústredňa štátnej bezpečnosti), the former political police and security service of the Slovak republic (1939-1945). It contains various documents on activities of Communists, socialists, political parties and their organizations (including Hlinka Slovak People´s Party, Hlinka Guard, Hlinka Youth, Deutsche Partie and Deutsche Jugeng). It also includes reports and documents on activities Jewish individuals, Jewish Center (Ústredňa Židov), anti-Jewish measures of various kind. Besides other documents there are various lis...

  9. Povereníctvo priemyslu a obchodu - VII. odbor

    • Commission for the Industry and Commerce - Department VII
    • PPO - VII

    The subfonds of the Comission for the Industry and Commerce - Department VII contains documents pertaining to the restitution of property of Jews living in Slovak part of Czechoslovakia after the Second World War. The Comission for the Industry and Commerce - Department VII was a special department with the task to legally deal with the issue of restitution of property Aryanized during the rule of the Hlinka Slovak People´s Party in 1939-1945. The Department VII took over a big part of documents of former Central Economic Office (Ústredný hospodársky úrad) which was responsible for the majo...

  10. Pracovné tábory židov na Slovensku, 1940 – 1944

    • Jewish Labor Camps in Slovakia, 1940 – 1944

    Collection contains numerous copies of documents dedicated to the labor camps in the Slovak State (1939 – 1945) such as the lists of the Jews who were interned in the labor camp in Vyhne, memories of Marian Pavúk on the life in this camp in the years 1940 – 1944, copies of photographs from the labor camps in Sereď, Nováky and Vyhne.

  11. Plagáty s protižidovskou tematikou, 40. roky 20. storočia

    • Posters with anti-Jewish Theme, 1940s

    Collection is created by 9 posters pertaining the anti-Semitic propaganda in 1940s which was published and intentionally spread by the Propaganda Office (1938 - 1945) in Slovakia. Posters refer to the anti-Semitic policy and Jewish persecution during the Slovak State (1939 – 1945). Most of these posters were printed by Grafia or Andrej in Bratislava. Every unit contains basic information such as date and place of printing.

  12. Dokumentácia k dejinám židovstva na Slovensku, 20. storočie

    • Documentation on the History of Jewry in Slovakia, 20th Century

    This collection consists of numerous copies of the personal documents and correspondence pertaining the life of the Jewish inhabitants in 20th century, dominantly from 1940s. Second part of the collection contains manuscripts and copies of the memories on the Holocaust.

  14. Holokaust

    Collection consists of the documentation of the Holocaust memorials in Slovakia. It contains the list the list of the Jewish victims from the city of Prešov which was created for the planned memorial, material on the project Holocaust memorial tables which was realized in Poprad, Komárno, Nové Zámky, Košice, Bardejov, Liptovský Mikuláš and Nitra on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of deportations of Jews from Slovakia in 1942.

  15. Dokumenty k dejinám židovstva na Slovensku

    • Documents on the History of the Jewry in Slovakia

    Collection contains various documents on the history of the Jews in Slovakia, mainly materials dedicated to everyday life of the community members such as contracts, legitimations, licenses, testimonies, letters and postcards, birth certificates, school reports, photographs, health certificates, etc. One of the most relevant and unique Holocaust-related document is the original manuscript of the poem Crematorium (Krematórium) by Ladislav Grosmann, author of the scenario to the Oscar-winning movie The Shop on the Main Street (Obchod na korze). Newest items in the collection are declarations ...

  16. Dojč, Ľudovít, 1962 – 1995

    Fragmentary fonds contains Ľudovít Dojč´s curriculum vitae, personal documents and various correspondence with foreign institutions. The most relevant material to the Jewish history in Slovakia, including persecution during the World War II, in this collection is dedicated to the research, documentation and drafts of the publication Jewish religious Communities in Slovakia (Židovské náboženské obce na Slovensku).

  17. Zbierka XV. Letáky, plagáty

    • Collection XV. Leaflets, Posters

    Collection is created by various visual materials such as leaflets and posters referring to the official propaganda of the Slovak state as well as the anti-fascist propaganda which was intensively spread and circulated especially during the Slovak National Uprising in autumn 1944. In particular, 17 items are Holocaust-related and they are mainly pertaining the official anti-Semitic policy of Hlinkova slovenská ľudová strana (HSĽS).

  18. Zbierka spomienok o represáliách, perzekúciách, rasovom prenasledovaní a obetiach na Slovensku v rokoch 1938 – 1945

    • Collection of Memories of Reprisals, Persecutions, Racial Persecution and Victims in Slovakia in Years 1938 – 1945

    Among numerous written memories of radical and mass reprisals mostly from the period 1944 – 1945, this collection contains also various testimonies of the Holocaust survivors who were facing the mass persecution during and even after the suppression of the Slovak National Uprising by German Army forces, POHG, anti-fascist unit Edelweiss, etc. Significant attention is paid the to mass executions in Kremnička (November 5, 1944 – March 8, 1945), where more approximately 747 people were murdered, various memories are addressing the plundering and burning the villages of Kalište (March 18, 1945)...

  19. Zbierka IX. Nacistické okupačné jednotky

    • Collection IX. Nazi Occupation Forces

    Collection contains various documents dedicated to the activities of Nazi occupation forces which were operating in Slovakia after the outbreak of the Slovak National Uprising on August 29, 1944. Suppression of the armed uprising, which dominantly took place in the Central Slovakia with the center in the city of Banská Bystrica, was accompanied also by the massive and intentional persecution of the rest of the Jewish community in the Slovak territory. Material includes numerous information about mass executions in Kremnička and also about the later exhumation of the mass grave as well as th...

  20. Zbierka VIII. Slovenská republika

    • Collection VIII. Slovak Republic

    This collection contains various documents pertaining the general situation in the Slovak Republic (1939 – 1945), including some information about the racial persecution. Even though, the Holocaust does not represent the main topic of this collection, diverse material encloses relevant information about anti-Semitic measures which were enforced and implemented by the main political bodies in the Slovak Republic as well as their latter practical realization in the country, in particular in the city of Banská Bystrica and its surroundings.