Okresný ľudový súd v Spišskej Starej Vsi
- District People´s Court in Spišská Stará Ves
Extent and Medium
2 cartons, paper.
Creator(s)
Biographical History
Following Second World War trials with Nazi criminals and their collaborators were organized on the territory of restored Czechoslovakia just like in many other European countries of those days. Three-tier retributive justice system was established in the Slovak part of post-war Czechoslovakia by the Regulation of the Slovak National Council no. 33/1945 on the Punishment of Fascist Criminals, Occupants, Traitors and Collaborators and on the Establishment of People’s Judiciary. District People’s Courts (Okresný ľudový súd), which were established at district seats with the jurisdiction over the territory of specific districts represented the second tier within the system of the retributive judiciary in Slovakia. Within their jurisdiction fall all criminal offenses stipulated by the Regulation No. 33/1945 with the exception of cases under the exclusive jurisdiction of the National Court (which tried only the leading officials of former Slovak Republic (1939-1945)). A 5-member Senates of District People´s Courts, consisting of a Senate president and four members decided cases. The Senate president and his deputy had to be professional judges.
Archival History
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Acquisition
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Scope and Content
The fonds contains case files with the information on the persecution of Jews in Spišská Stará Ves. One file pertains the former member of the Hlinka Guard in Spišská Stará Ves and contains the info on house searches in Jewish households as well as other activities of the HG against the Jews. Another file contains the information on the so called aryanization of the specific shop in Spišská Stará Ves and the denunciation of Jews. There is also a file with the information on deportation of Jews from Spišská Stará Ves in 1942.
Appraisal
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Accruals
No accruals expected.
Conditions Governing Access
Accessible.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Archival documents can be reproduced with the permission of the archive and in accordance with archive´s Research Rules (Bádateľský poriadok) as well as other internal regulations of the Ministry of Interior.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Undamaged.
Finding Aids
Printed inventory: Retribučné súdy a orgány obžaloby na Spiši 1945-1945, Author: Alžbeta Liščáková, 1970, available in the Researchers´ room of the archive.
Archivist Note
The fonds was identified and described by Ján Hlavinka.
Sources
On-site survey.
Rules and Conventions
EHRI Guidelines for Description v.1.0