Okresný úrad v Levoči

  • District Office in Levoča
Identifier
13214
Language of Description
English
Dates
1923 - 1945
Level of Description
Fonds
Languages
  • German
  • Slovak
Scripts
  • Latin
Source
EHRI

Extent and Medium

111 linear meters, paper documents.

Creator(s)

Biographical History

The District Office in Levoča was a state administration body. It was established during the period of 1st Czechoslovak Republic (1918 – 1938) and it existed also during the period of the Slovak state/ Slovak Republic (1939 – 1945). This office was originally enforced by the Law No.126/1920 Coll., which entered into effect on 1 January 1923. Soon after the creation of the Slovak state (March 14, 1939) its state administration was reorganized and the District Office in Levoča was subordinated to the Ministry of Interior of the Slovak Republic (pursuant to the Law No. 190/1939 effective from 1 January 1940). In matters falling within the competence of other ministries, regulations and instructions of these ministries were implemented. Since 1 January 1940, this district was incorporated into the newly established Tatranská County (Tatranská župa) with the seat in Ružomberok. Main representative of the district was called the District Chief (Okresný náčelník) who was responsible for the state administration in the district. From 1 January 1940 District Chief was subordinated to the respected County Office and the Ministry of Interior. District Offices were superior to the notary offices which were the lowest level bodies of the state administration in Slovakia 1938 ¬– 1945. Due to the fact that in the period 1938 – 1945 the majority of anti-Jewish measures in Slovakia was practically realized by the state administration bodies archival documents of District Offices represent some of the most important sources for the research of Holocaust in Slovakia, both on the state and regional levels.

Archival History

No data available.

Acquisition

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Scope and Content

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 Slovakia in November 1938. Besides that there are many documents pertaining the persecution of Jews after the creation of Slovak state in March 1939. Among others there are documents concerning the legal definition of the term "Jew" in 1939, various anti-Jewish measures taken in district in 1939. These include the dismissal of Jews from public service (at various levels) and dismissal of Jewish doctors from the service. Fonds also also contains many documents pertaining to the confiscation of property of Jews and the so called Aryanisation of their property at the territory of the District Levoča. Fonds contains the list of cancelled licences and their former owners, lists of cars confiscated by the Hlinka Guard at the territory of district and many similar documents. Besides that there are also documents pertaining to organizing of the forced labor of Jews at the territory of district. Many documents also pertain to individual cases of persecution. Several files pertain to the applicantions for the so called presidential exemption from 1942 and 1943. Fonds also contains the Jewish Census from 1942 (Súpis Židov) and several files concerning the deportation of Jews in 1942. Fonds contains various lists of Jews living at the territory of the district in 1944. Besides above-mentioned documents there are also monthly situation reports of the District Chief which cover anti-Jewish measures taken by the state administration at the territory of the district.

Appraisal

No data available.

Accruals

No accruals expected.

System of Arrangement

Fonds is arranged chronologically and numerically.

Conditions Governing Access

Accessible.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Undammaged

Finding Aids

  • Printed finding aid, Researchers´ Room of the archive.

Existence and Location of Copies

  • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Archivist Note

Fonds was identified and described by Ján Hlavinka.

Rules and Conventions

EHRI Guidelines for Description v.1.0

Places

  • Slovakia
  • Levoča