Selected records of the State Archive in Prešov, branch Humenné

Identifier
irn557830
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2017.36.1
  • RG-57.025
Dates
1 Jan 1929 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Slovak
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

901 digital files, TIFF

Creator(s)

Biographical History

The District Office in Humenné 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). The office was originally established under Law no. 126/1920 Coll., which entered into effect on 1 January 1923. The District Office in Humenné was subordinated to the County Office in Košice in the years 1923- 1928 and the Ministry of Interior. After the 1928 reform of state administration in Czechoslovakia resulted in the repeal of counties and County Offices, district offices in the Slovak territory were subordinated to the Country Office in Bratislava (Krajinský úrad v Bratislave). Soon after the creation of the Slovak state (March 14, 1939) its state administration was reorganized and the District Office in Humenné 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, the Humenné district was also incorporated into the the newly established Šariš-Zemplín County (Šarišsko-zemplínska župa) and was subordinated to the County Office of the Šariš-Zemplín County (Župný úrad Šarišsko-zemplínskej župy) with the seat in Prešov too. The District Chief (Okresný náčelník) was the head of District Office in Humenné with the responsibility for the state administration in the district as well as the work of the District Office. From 1 January 1940 District Chief was subordinated to the respected County Office and the Ministry of Interior. District Offices were superior to the local notary offices and regional 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 vaste majority of anti-Jewish measures in Slovakia were put to life by the state administration bodies archival documents of District Offices represent some of the most important sources for the research of Holocaust in Slovakia. [Source: EHRI]

Archival History

Štátny archív v Prešove, pracovisko Archív Humenné

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 Prešove, pracovisko Archív Humenn (State Archive in Prešov, workplace Archive Humenné). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the digitized collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archives Project in March 2017.

Scope and Content

Selected records pertaining to anti-Jewish regulations and decrees, the persecution of Jews, and the Aryanization of Jewish property and businesses in the towns of Humenné and Medzilaborce in Slovakia. Also includes a proposal from 1929 for the appointment of members of an election commission, among them several Jews, and records pertaining to detention camp for prisoners of war (Serbs and French) in Humenné.

System of Arrangement

Consists of 3 individual Fonds and arranged in three series: 1. Fond Okresný národný výbor Humenné (District National Committee in Humenné), 1945-1960; 2. Fond Okresný úrad v Humennom (District Office in Humenné), 1923-1944; 3. Okresný úrad v Medzilaborciach (District Office in Medzilaborce), 1936-1944.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Slovakia. Ministerstvo vnútra

Subjects

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.