Trials of the National Court of Slovakia
Extent and Medium
72,292 digital images, JPEG
83 microfilm reels (digitized), 35 mm
23,324 digital images, JPEG
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.
Source of acquisition the Slovenský národný archív (Slovak National Archives, SNA). Documents created by the Narodny Sud trial records, later stored at SNA, where they were microfilmed. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Programs Division acquired the collection from the SNA. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the microfilm reels in Dec. 2007. The Museum, in consultation with the Slovak National Archives and the archival section of the Slovak Ministry of the Interior, decided in 2021 to digitize the original National Court trial cases in their entirety and acquire a complete set in form of digital scans. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the images in six accretions between April and December 2022.
Scope and Content
Contains the postwar trials of the Slovak National Court, including the cases brought against Jozef Tiso, János Eszterházy, and others accused of crimes against Slovakia. The collection includes selected microfilms and two sets of scans: the first set consists of black and white access scans made of the selected microfilms; the second set is a complete set of high resolution color scans.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Slovenský národný archív
People
- Tiso, Jozef, 1887-1947--Trials, litigation, etc.--Sources.
Subjects
- Slovakia--History--Uprising, 1944.
- World War, 1939-1945--Czechoslovakia.
- Jews--Slovakia--History--20th century.
- Slovakia--Politics and government--1918-1945.
- War crime trials--Slovakia.
- World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Slovakia.
Genre
- Document
Copies
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Slovenský národný archív