Selected records of the District People's Courts and the Local People's Courts from the State Archive in Bratislava

Identifier
irn35021
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2008.35
  • RG-57.005M
Dates
1 Jan 1944 - 31 Dec 1948
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Slovak
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

171,420 digital images, JPEG

82 microfilm reels, 16 mm

Archival History

Štátny archív v Bratislave

Acquisition

Forms part of the Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This archive consists of documentation whose reproduction and/or acquisition was made possible with funding from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Source of acquisition is the Štátny archív v Bratislave (State Archive in Bratislava), Slovakia. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Project in April 2008 and December 2010. Another accretion of digital documents was received in September 2020.

Scope and Content

Trial and investigative records of Slovaks and former Hlinka guard members tried in the District People's Courts (Okresný ľudový súd) and the Local People's Courts between 1945 and 1947 for collaborating with the German security forces. Includes the trial records of individual Slovaks accused of denouncing their Jewish neighbors, the trial records of regional Hlinka Guard commanders responsible for the deportation of local Jews, as well as the trial records of political defendants. Features survivor and eyewitness testimonies describing the persecution of Jews and crimes committed against Jews.

System of Arrangement

Records received in April 2008 and Dec. 2010 are arranged in 23 groups: 1. Okresný ľudový súd v Galante (District People´s Court in Galanta); 2. Okresný ľudový súd v Dunajskej Strede (District People's Court in Dunajská Streda); 3. Okresný ľudový súd v Komárno (District People's Court in Komárno); 4. Okresný ľudový súd v Nových Zámkoch (District People´s Court in Nové Zámky); 5. Okresný ľudový súd v Bánovciach nad Bebravou (District People´s Court in Bánovce nad Bebravou) - [Note: case records from Bánovce nad Bebravou appear throughout the collection]; 6. Okresný ľudový súd v Hlohovci (District People´s Court in Hlohovec); 7. Okresný ľudový súd v Hurbanove (District Poeple´s Court in Hurbanovo); 8. Okresný ľudový súd v Piešťanoch (District People´s Court in Piešťany); 9. Okresný ľudový súd v Skalici (District People´s Court in Skalica); 10. Okresný ľudový súd v Senici (District People´s Court in Senica); 11.Okresný ľudový súd v Pezinku (District People´s Court in Pezinok); 12. Okresný ľudový súd v Topoľčanoch (District People´s Court in Topoľčany); 13. Okresný ľudový súd v Prievidzi (District People´s Court in Prievidza); 14. Okresný ľudový súd v Nitre (District People´s Court in Nitra); 15. Okresný ľudový súd v Šamoríne (District People´s Court in Šamorín); 16. Okresný ľudový súd v Želiezovciach (District People´s Court in Želiezovce); 17. L'udový súd v Bratislave (Local People´s Court in Bratislava); 18. Okresný ľudový súd v Bratislave (District People´s Court in Bratislava); 19. L'udový súd v Trenčíne (Local People´s Court in Trenčín); 20. Okresný ľudový súd v Trnave (District People´s Court in Trnava); 21. Okresný ľudový súd v Vrábľoch (District People´s Court in Vráble); 22. Okresný ľudový súd v Želiezovciach (District People´s Court in Želiezovce); 23. Okresný ľudový súd v Zlatých Moravciach (District People´s Court in Zlaté Moravce).

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Štátny archív v Bratislave

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