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Country: Slovakia

  1. Šarišsko - Zemplínska župa

    • Šariš-Zemplín County

    The fonds contains preserved documents of the County Office of the Šariš-Zemplín County (Šarišsko-Zemplínska župa), which was the state administration body in Slovakia (1939-1945). Besides important documents on the political, economical and security developments at the territory of the easternmost county of Slovakia it contains very important documents on the anti-Jewish policy of the Hlinka Slovak People´s Party Regime. Fonds contains various reports about Jewish individuals, Monthly Situation reports of District Offices reflecting also the anti-Jewish policy and situation of Jews as well...

  2. Okresný ľudový súd v Skalici

    • District People´s Court in Skalica

    The fonds contains files of the District People´s Court in Skalica as the court of retributive justice in 1945-1947. Several files pertain to the persecution of Jews in Skalica or its vicinity. There are files containing the aryanisation of Jewish property, so called temporary administration of Jewish household as well as a file containing the information on deportation of Jews in 1942. One case file pertains to the member of the Special Units of Hlinka Guard (Pohotovostné oddiely Hlinkovej Gardy, POHG).

  3. Okresný ľudový súd v Pezinku

    • District People´s Court in Pezinok

    The fonds contains files of District People´s Court in Pezinok, which was one of the courts within the system of retributive justice after the Second World War. It contains files pertaining to the persecution of Jews in Pezinok and its surrounding, but also files concerning more distant localities. Several files concern the denunciation of Jews. There are also files pertaining to the aryanisation of property. One of the files pertains to the former guard in the Labor and concentration camp for Jews in Sereď.

  4. Okresný ľudový súd v Dunajskej Strede

    • District People´s Court in Dunajská Streda

    The fonds contains various case files pertaining to the persecution of Jews in Dunajská Streda which belonged to the Hungary in 1938-1945. Several files pertain to the denunciation of Jews. Several files pertain to the activities the Arrow Cross Party members and contains the information on the persecution of Jews including of deportations of Jews.

  5. Okresný ľudový súd v Hurbanove

    • District People´s Court in Hurbanovo

    The fonds contains records of the District Poeple´s Court in Hurbanovo, which was the court of retributive justice after the Second World War. It contains several Holocaust-related case pertaining mostly to the territory which belonged to Hungary in 1938-1945. There are several files pertaining to the denunciation of Jews. One file concerns beating and humiliation of Jews. There is also a file containing information on deportation to Auschwitz.

  6. Župné mesto Nové Zámky (1939 - 1944)

    • Érsekújvár megyei város

    In the fragmentary fonds, it is possible to find traders' records, records pertaining to business restrictions, revisions and withdrawals of Jewish concessions and trades. The fonds also contains documents on the aryanization of the mill and Jewish shops. The fonds contains also inventories of Jewish property, documents pertaining to the confiscation of Jewish homes and shops, as well as to a ban on Jews attending public baths. There is also a decree defining the streets of the ghetto preserved in the fonds. The fonds also contains a list of books from the town library that remained with Je...

  7. Policajné riaditeľstvo v Bratislave

    • Police Directorate in Bratislava

    The fonds contains documents of the Police directorate in Bratislava, the police and state security body with competences over the territory of the capital of Bratislava and several nerby towns. It contains documents on anti-Jewish persecution during the period of year 1938 – 1945 such as various lists of Jews created by the state administration and police bodies in Bratislava. It also contains the applications of individuals for the recognition of non-Jewish origin/status or applications of indivituals for the exemption from the obligation to wear the mandatory sign of a Jew. There are als...

  8. Osudy tých čo prežili Holokaust

    • Fates of those who survived the Holocaust
    • Nadácia Milana Šimečku
    • 01
    • English
    • 1938-1945
    • 145 oral history testimonies, digital video as well as transcription text files.

    Collection contains 150 video testimonies of the Holocaust survivors. It is a unique collection of testimonies describing the life of the Jewish minority in Slovakia during the 20th century. There are 69 women and 76 men testimonies. The oldest survivor was born in 1904 and the youngest in 1944. Most of the testimonies were collected from 1995 till 1999 with some additional testimonies added after the year 2000. Testimonies were collected using the oral history technique. Geographically they cover the whole territory of Slovakia including the southern regions which during the war were occup...

  9. Hlavnoslúžnovský úrad v Šali II.

    • Főszolgabíroi hivatal Vágsellye

    The fonds contains files of the Chief Constable´s Office in Šaľa (Vágsellye). The majority of files pertaining to the Jewish community consists of files pertaining to businesses, licenses and license-owners lists. The fonds also contains files pertaining to the revision of licenses of Jews, limitations of Jewish entrepreneurs, or files concerning the internment of Jews and the police surveillance. Some files reflect Jewish refugees from Slovakia. Another files concern the Jewish ghetto established in the town of Šaľa as files pertaining to the movable property of Jews that remained in this ...

  10. 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...

  11. Ministerstvo hospodárstva

    • Ministry of Economy
    • MH

    The fonds contains documents of the Ministry of Economy of Slovakia (1939-1945) which managed economic affairs, including industry, domestic and international economic and trade affairs and forestry policy. Besides other things, this ministry was responsible for the preparation and execution of so-called aryanisation of the enterprise property of Jews until September 1940 when the policy was changed. Its documents are therefore crucial for the understanding of early stages of expropriation of Jewish property in Slovakia, including the preparation of legislation (Law no. 113/1940 known as th...

  12. Mestský úrad v Brezne

    • Municipality Office in Brezno

    The fonds contains documents of the Municipality office in Brezno. These include various documents pertaining to the Jews living in Brezno nad Hronom including documents on anti-Jewish measures in the town such as list of Jewish doctors in Brezno from 1939, list of Jews who possess passports, documents pertaining the dissolution of Jewish associations in the town. Other documents pertain to the orders of the commander of temporary district labor camp for Jews, list of administrators of Jewish real estate property or documents pertaining to the evaluation of Jewish real estate property. Some...

  13. Korešpondencia Židov odvlečených zo Slovenska do koncentračných táborov

    • Correspondence of Jews deported from Slovakia to the concentration camps

    Collection contains documents of the Jews who were deported from Slovakia to the concentration camps in Auschwitz, Terezín, Mauthausen, Kamionka and Petržalka in the years 1942 – 1945. Beside some original documents, the collection is created by the copies of correspondence of the persecuted Jews. There is also one document from 1945 which comes not directly from the concentration camp but it refers to stay in the camp – a health certificate. Rare part of the collection is created by the manuscript of Ľudovít Dojč on the concentration camp in Petržalka and photos of the grave stones from th...

  14. 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 ...

  15. Štátny policajný úrad v Žiline

    • State Police Bureau in Žilina

    The fonds contains many files pertaining to the persecution of Jews at the territory of competence of the State Police Bureau in Žilina. These include various reports on Jews, reports on house searches of Jewish owners, various applications of Jews such as those asking for the permission to use public spaces after 10:00 PM or those asking for the exception from the obligation to wear the compulsory marking of Jews. The fonds contains documents on confiscation of Jewish movable property as well as documents pertaining the auctions of Jewish property. Various documents pertaining to the print...

  16. 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.

  17. 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.

  18. Municipálne mesto Komárno (1938 – 1945)

    • Törvényhatósági jogu város Komárom

    The fonds contains the list of associations in Komárno, including the Chevra Kadisha, Jewish womens´ club and Makkabi. Some files of the fonds document the decrease of the number of Jewish inhabitants of Komárno, limitation of their business activities in the city as well as cancellation of their licences. The fonds contains applications of Jewish businessmen for the licence renewal. Several files pertain to the prohibition of the activities of Jewish bakers and the exclusion of Jews from the trade. There are also files concerning the baptism of Jewish children, or the list of Jewish childr...

  19. Okresný úrad v Ilave I

    • District Office in Ilava I

    The fonds contains documents of the District Office in Ilava which was the regional state administration body. The fonds is quite well preserved. It contains files pertaining to the so-called Aryanization, temporary administration of Jewish households, files pertaining to the forced labor of Jews and to the creation of the labor camps. Besides those there are also documents pertaining to activities of the branch of the Jewish Center (Ústredňa Židov) in district Ilava. Some documents pertain to the expulsion of Jews from the center of the town of Ilava in 1942, to deportations of Jews from I...

  20. Notársky úrad vo Farnade (vo Farnej)

    • Jegyzőségi hivatal Farnád

    The fonds contains interesting documents pertaining to the persecution of Jews in years 1938-1944. One file pertains to the case of the return of Jewish inhabitant previously deported from the village in 1938. The fonds also contains the Ruling on reporting Jewish businesses after the adoption of the law on the exclusion of Jews from public and economic life. There are also various documents from 1940 concerning several different anti-Jewish measures.