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Country: Slovakia

  1. Okresný úrad v Medzilaborciach

    • District Office in Medzilaborce

    Archival fonds contains documents of the District Office in Medzilaborce, which was the state administration body. The fonds contains just a fraction of documents of the District Office in Medzilaborce, as the majority of the documents did not preserve. The collection contains only few documents related to the persecution of Jews in Medzilaborce district between 1939 and 1945 such as the Report of the District Office in Medzilaborce concerning the revoked trade licenses of the Jews in district; file pertaining the public official of Jewish origin and his request for an exception guaranteein...

  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. Ľudový súd v Košiciach

    • People´s Court in Košice

    The fonds contains files of People´s Court in Košice which existed in 1948 as the retributive justice court . It contains several important Holocaust-related files pertaining to the persecution of Jews in Košice (then Kassa) which was part of Hungary (1938-1945). Among others there is a case file of former head of the ghetto in Košice (Kassa), then a case file of the former guard from the labor camp in Košice. One case file pertains to the denunciation of Jewish family in 1944 and its subsequent deportation to Auschwitz. Several files concern the persecution of Jews at the territory of Slov...

  4. Maďarský kráľovský policajný kapitanát v Košiciach

    • Hungarian Royal Police Capitanate in Košice

    Fonds contains documents of the Hungarian Royal Police Capitanate in Košice (Kassa), including many documents related to the anti-Jewish measures of this security body during the period (1938-1944). Besides the documents on the so called check of the citizenship of specific Jews, expulsion of Jews trying to escape from Slovakia or search for persons who refused to enter the army there are also documents on the history of Jewish ghetto in Košice (Kassa), and the transit camp in the brick factory. This includes documents on the investigation of the smuggling of food into the brick factory cam...

  5. Okresný úrad v Prešove I.

    • District Office in Prešov I

    The fonds contains various files pertaining to the history and persecution of Jews at the territory of District Prešov in years 1938-1945. It contains reports on Maccabi in Prešov from 1938, documents related to the expulsion of Jews from the district in November of 1938, documents on the prohibition of the activity of Jewish Party, etc. It also contains various documents related to the economic persecution of Jews at the territory of District Prešov during the period 1939-1941, such as lists of so-called Temporary administrators of Jewish households, various regulations of concerning Jewis...

  6. Okresný ľudový súd v Sabinove

    • District People´s Court in Sabinov

    Fonds contains files of the District People´s Court in Sabinov which was one of the retributive courts of post-WWII Czechoslovakia. Besides the files which contain the info on the political and military events during the period 1938-1945 in Sabinov and its vicinity, it contains the file pertaining the persecution of Jews living in Sabinov district with various testimonies of survivors on deportation of Jews from the district in 1942, and the activities of former state representatives and Hlinka Guard members in Sabinov. Fonds also contains the file pertaining the persecution of Jews living ...

  7. Okresný ľúdový súd v Starej Ľubovni

    • District People´s Court in Stará Ľubovňa

    The fonds contains various case files pertaining the persecution of Jews in 1938-1945. Among others there is a file on the physical abuse of Jews in Gňazdy or robbing of Jews in Plavnica in 1939. Another file contains the information about breaking into the houses of Jews and the robbery in Stará Ľubovňa in May 1941. There is also a file with the information on anti-Jewish violence (breaking windows) commited by German children visiting Stará Ľubovňa within the framework of the KLV action in 1942. Several files pertain the deportation of Jews from Stará Ľubovňa and village Gňazdy in 1942. O...

  8. Okresný ľudový súd v Košiciach

    • District People´s Court in Košice

    Fonds contains files pertaining the post-WW II prosecution of various suspects and convicts for crimes committed at the territory of Slovakia (1938-1945) as well as Hungary (1938-1945). It thus contains information on various forms of persecution of Jews, Roma and political opponents which took place not only at the territory of Košice and its vicinity but also at the territory of war-time Slovakia as well as quite distant places abroad. Besides files pertaining the so called Aryanization of Jewish property in Košice and its vicinity; blackmailing and denouncing of Jews; as well as the depo...

  9. Hospodárska úradovňa predsedníctva vlády

    • Economic Bureau of Prime Ministerʼs Office

    The fond contains documents of the Economic Bureau of Prime Minister's Office, one of the central bodies created in 1940 in relation to the so called aryanisation of Jewish property and anti-Jewish property expropriation policies in Slovakia. The fonds includes documents related to the preparation and implementation of anti-Jewish legislation regarding the private property of Jews, as well as various proposals for anti-Jewish measures. Moreover, the fonds contains lists of withdrawn/cancelled business licenses, various documents and statistics on Jewish property owners etc. The majority of ...

  10. 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).

  11. 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 ...

  12. Ústredný hospodársky úrad

    • The Central Economic Office
    • ÚHÚ

    The Central Economic Office (Ústredný hospodársky úrad) was one of central offices of the Slovak Republic (1939-1945) with the statewide competences related to so called "Aryanization" of Jewish property. The fond contains documents about the Liquidation and Aryanization of businesses, disposal of Real estate property of Jews, Work permissions as well as documents about the activities of Jewish Center (Ústredňa Židov). Preserved documents are from the period between 1940 - 1945.

  13. Alexander Bachnár

    • Alexander Bachnár

    The fond contains mainly copies of documents on the Holocaust in Slovakia, which were collected by Alexander Bachnár during his research in various archives, as well as the study of press and gathering of testimonies. It includes original versions of his personal materials and correspondence, as well as his own works. The copies or transcripts include Anti-Jewish regulations, copies of 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 docu...

  14. Kancelária prezidenta Slovenskej republiky

    • The Office of the President of Slovak Republic

    The fonds contains various materials related to the activities of Jozef Tiso as the president of the Slovak Republic (1939-1945). This includes various drafts of legislation, correspondence with different state bodies of the Slovak Republic as well as bodies of the ruling Hlinka Slovak People´s Party regime. The Office dealt with a very wide range of matters, from personnel matters of the President, through matters of appointment of various state employees, state policies, international relations, and military matters. The Office ceased to exist in Spring 1945 and its documents were partial...

  15. Okresný úrad v Michalovciach

    • District Office in Michalovce

    Fonds contains torso of the original files of the District Office in Michalovce, which was the state administration body. Besides several presidential files pertaining the economic and political situation in Michalovce, as well as several blue prints of buildings construction plans, the fonds contains just a few Holocaust-related documents. These include the List of persons of Jewish ethnicity applying for the state citizenship from 1938; File pertaining the expulsion of foreigners with the instruction on expulsion of Jews; The list of Jews living in the town of Michalovce on December 4, 19...

  16. Okresné veliteľstvo Hlinkovej gardy v Trebišove

    • District Command of the Hlinka Guard in Trebišov

    The fonds contains one folder of various documents pertaining the District Command of the Hlinka Guard in Trebišov. Besides the application forms of the members of HG it contains lists of public functionaries with the note on their membership in the HG. It also contains the Situation Report on deportation of Jews from Trebišov from May 9, 1942, written in Prešov (the seat of the County Office).

  17. Okresný ľudový súd v Bardejove

    • District People´s Court in Bardejov

    The fonds contains files pertaining the post-WWII prosecution of various crimes including the blackmailing of Jews, participation in deportation of Jews from Bardejov and its vicinity, and the so called Aryanization of Jewish property in Bardejov. Among those who were accused are the former members and dignitaries of local Hlinka Guard in Bardejov and Raslavice. Various files include the testimonies of survivors and important documents.

  18. Okresný úrad v Poprade

    • Distric Office in Poprad

    Fonds is very well preserved and contains important documents about the persecution of Jews living at the territory of district Poprad. It contains various documents concerning the aryanization of Jewish property, work permissions for Jews, employment of Jewish doctors and other experts etc. Fonds also contains the documents pertaining to the Concentration center for Jews in Poprad, such as reports on the deportations from that center during the 1942 deportation of Jews from Slovakia, report on the activities of Hlinka guard during the deportation etc. Besides that it contains various lists...

  19. Okresný úrad v Kežmarku

    • District Office in Kežmarok

    The fonds contains the documents of the District Office in Kežmarok which was the state administration body at the territory of district Kežmarok. The fonds is very well preserved and contains many documents covering the political, economical and social history of the respective district during the period 1923-1945. Besides documents pertaining the history of Jews before 1938 there are many documents pertaining the persecution of Jews during the period of years 1938-1945. The fonds contains documents pertaining the deportation of Jews from Slovakia in November 1938 as well as documents pert...

  20. Policajné riaditeľstvo v Prešove

    • Police Directorate in Prešov

    Fonds contains various documents pertaining the persecution of Jews and political oponents of the regime. Besides that it contains various important lists of Jews living at the territory under the control of the Police Directorate in Prešov such as the list of Jewish employees living in Prešov from 1941; the list of Jews who were not subjected to the social security and health insurance from districts Michalovce, Medzilaborce, Bardejov, Sabinov, Stropkov, Vranov nad Topľou, Trebišov, Giraltovce and Humenné. Then there is a list of Jews of so called problematic citizenship who lived in Prešo...