Slovak documents related to the Holocaust
Extent and Medium
188,556 digital images, JPEG
1,154 microfilm reels (digitized), 16 mm
1 CD,
Archival History
Slovenský národný archív
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.
Records from the Slovak Ministry of the Interior (Department 14) during the administration of Jozef Tiso, and Ministry of Industry and Commerce (Department 7). Thereafter held by the Slovak National Archives. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Programs Division ordered the filming of the records in 1998. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives is receiving the microfilm reels in yearly transferes between 2000 and 2008, and latest transfers in 2010, 20011, and 2012.
Scope and Content
Contains documents on labor camps for Jews, transport exemption documents for Jews, laws and decrees pertaining to Jews, Hlinka Guard activities, Deutsche Partei activities, the Aryanization of Jewish property, Slovakia’s Roma population, and Jewish organizations and their dissolution. Also included are statistics on Jews worldwide and in Slovakia, lists of baptized Jews, Jewish work permits, transport cards, and postwar restitution cases.
System of Arrangement
Arrangement is thematic. Organized in the following order: Slovak Ministry of the Interior (Department 14): Records of the administration of Jozef Tiso, dealing with "the Jewish Question in Slovakia” (Microfilm reels 1 - 943); Ministry of Industry and Commerce (Department 7): Post war restitution cases filed by Jewish survivors or their relatives as well as Jewish organizations concerning Jewish businesses and religious properties confiscated during the war (Microfilm reels 944 - continuing). Organized by geographical regions, and alphabetically by family or person names. This is ongoing project.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Slovenský národný archív
People
- Tiso, Jozef, 1887-1947.
- Hlinka, Andrej, 1864-1938.
Corporate Bodies
- Hlinkova slovenská lʹudová strana
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Slovakia.
- Bratislava (Slovakia)
- World War, 1939-1945--Czechoslovakia.
- Forced labor--Slovakia.
- Jewish property--Slovakia.
- Slovakia--History--1918-1945.
- Romanies--Slovakia.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Slovakia.
- Aryanization--Slovakia.
- Slovakia--Politics and government--1918-1945.
- Jews--Slovakia--History--20th century.
- Dubnica (Slovakia)
- Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Slovakia.
Genre
- Document
- Registers.
Copies
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Slovenský národný archív
Other Connected Items
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The collection contains whole fond Povereníctvo priemyslu a obchodu - VII. odbor