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  1. Okresný ľudový súd v Bánovciach nad Bebravou

    • District People´s Court in Bánovce nad Bebravou

    The fonds contains various case files pertaining the activities and crimes of the Hlinka´s Slovak Poeple´s Party (HSĽS) regime during the period 1938-1945. It contains the case files of the local party dignitaries and members as well as files of several members of the Special Units of the Hlinka Guard (POHG) and a member the file of the member of Deutsche Partei. Several files pertain to the denunciation of Jews as well as non-Jews. There is also a file pertaining to the collaboration with German security bodies after the occupation of Slovakia in 1944-1945

  2. Ľudový súd v Trenčíne

    • People´s Court in Trenčín

    Fonds contains files of People´s Court in Trenčín which existed in 1948 as the retributive court. It contains several Holocaust-related case files, including files pertaining to the denunciation and persecution of Jews in Trenčín, Žilina, Bánovce nad Bebravou, Trenčianska Teplá, Turzovka, Ilava. Several files pertain to the activities and crimes comitted by the Hlinka guard and deportation of Jews from Trenčín in 1942 or imprisonment of Jews during their deportation in the Concentration Center for Jews in Žilina. Several files pertain to the activities and crimes comitted by the Special Uni...

  3. Ľudový súd v Bratislave

    • People´s Court in Bratislava

    Fonds contains files of People´s Court in Bratislava which existed in 1948 as the retributive court. It contains several very important Holocaust-related case files. It thus contains the file with information on creation and activity of the Central Economic Office (Ústredný hospodársky úrad) responsible for the radical aryanisation of property or file with information on activities of German advisor for Jewish question in Slovakia. Besides that there is a case file of the former head of 14th (anti-Jewish) department of Interior Ministry with important information on deportation of Jews from...

  4. Okresný úrad vo Zvolene

    • District Office in Zvolen

    The fonds contains documents of the District Office in Zvolen which was the regional body of the state administration. It contains many documents on anti-Jewish policy at the territory of District Zvolen in 1938-1945 including documents on the compulsory marking of businesses, forced labor of Jews from Zvolen and surrounding villages, activities of the Jewish Center (Ústredňa Židov). The fonds also includes documents on early stages of so-called Aryanization of Jewish enterprises in Zvolen (according to the First Aryanization Law) as well as some documents on the Aryanization of Jewish land...

  5. Department of Justice: Central Registry files

    The JUS/3 series follows on from the Department of Justice Central Registry ‘H’ file series which ends in 1934. Most of the JUS/3 files are from 1934 onwards, although some will predate this, with the earliest dating to 1877. The series consists of [58] sub-series covering all aspects of the work of the Department of Justice, including Garda administration, censorship, administration of courts, prisons and reformatory schools, regulation of transport, licensing and public entertainment, and the imposition of Emergency Powers Orders during the 1939-1945 period.

  6. Department of the Taoiseach: Central Registry files

    Commencing in 1922, the Central Registry files of the Department of the Taoiseach and of its predecessor, the Department of the President of the Executive Council, were originally numbered in a straight numerical sequence and bear the alphabetical prefix S, the first file bearing the reference S1. The series is still accruing and the Department makes annual transfers of files or file parts containing papers that become thirty years old on 31 December of each year. The content of the files is varied, containing primarily background papers, including memoranda and correspondence, relating to ...

  7. Pohronská župa II

    • Pohronská County II

    The fonds contains various documents of the County Office of Pohronská County with the seat in Banská Bystrica. Due to the fact that this office was the superior office to several District Offices and also regional security bodies the fonds contains important documents on the anti-Jewish policy of the regime in the central Slovakia 1940-1945. This includes various documents on property persecution of Jews such as the cancellation of business licences, documents on the early stages of Aryanization process, various files with applications of non-Jewish individuals in these matters etc. The fo...

  8. Úrad Predsedníctva vlády Slovenskej republiky

    • ÚPV
    • Bureau of Prime Minister´s Office of the Slovak Republic

    The Bureau of Prime Minister´s Office was an important governmental body in Slovakia in 1938-1945. The fonds contains important documents pertaining to the anti-Jewish measures in Slovakia in 1938-1945 such as documents reflecting the discussions on anti-Jewish measures at the meetings of Slovak government, various proposals of the Prime Minister in anti-Jewish policy, correspondence with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the situation of Jews in Germany, Reports of various state bodies on Jewish question submitted to the State Council.

  9. Nitrianska župa III

    • Nitra County III

    The fonds contains documents of the County Office in Nitra pertaining to the various forms of persecution of Jews at the territory of Nitra Country in 1940-1945. These include documents on the forced labor of Jews, establishment, and functioning of the work centers for Jews in Nitra (brick factory) and Degeš and deportation of Jews in 1942.

  10. Okresný úrad v Nitre

    • District Office in Nitra

    The fonds contains documents of the District Office in Nitra which was a regional state administration body. The District Office in Nitra was subordinated to the County office in Nitra. The fonds contains many documents on anti-Jewish persecution at the territory of the district Nitra in 1938-1945, including documents on forced labor of Jews (Work center for Jews in Degeš etc.), deportation of Jews from Nitra and villages of Nitra district in 1942.

  11. Okresný úrad v Medzilaborciach

    • District Office in Medzilaborce

    Archival fonds contains documents of the District Office in Medzilaborce, which was the state administration body. The fonds contains just a fraction of documents of the District Office in Medzilaborce, as the majority of the documents did not preserve. The collection contains only few documents related to the persecution of Jews in Medzilaborce district between 1939 and 1945 such as the Report of the District Office in Medzilaborce concerning the revoked trade licenses of the Jews in district; file pertaining the public official of Jewish origin and his request for an exception guaranteein...

  12. Ministerstvo hospodárstva

    • Ministry of Economy
    • MH

    The fonds contains documents of the Ministry of Economy of Slovakia (1939-1945) which managed economic affairs, including industry, domestic and international economic and trade affairs and forestry policy. Besides other things, this ministry was responsible for the preparation and execution of so-called aryanisation of the enterprise property of Jews until September 1940 when the policy was changed. Its documents are therefore crucial for the understanding of early stages of expropriation of Jewish property in Slovakia, including the preparation of legislation (Law no. 113/1940 known as th...

  13. Kancelária prezidenta Slovenskej republiky

    • The Office of the President of Slovak Republic

    The fonds contains various materials related to the activities of Jozef Tiso as the president of the Slovak Republic (1939-1945). This includes various drafts of legislation, correspondence with different state bodies of the Slovak Republic as well as bodies of the ruling Hlinka Slovak People´s Party regime. The Office dealt with a very wide range of matters, from personnel matters of the President, through matters of appointment of various state employees, state policies, international relations, and military matters. The Office ceased to exist in Spring 1945 and its documents were partial...

  14. Šarišsko - Zemplínska župa

    • Šariš-Zemplín County

    The fonds contains preserved documents of the County Office of the Šariš-Zemplín County (Šarišsko-Zemplínska župa), which was the state administration body in Slovakia (1939-1945). Besides important documents on the political, economical and security developments at the territory of the easternmost county of Slovakia it contains very important documents on the anti-Jewish policy of the Hlinka Slovak People´s Party Regime. Fonds contains various reports about Jewish individuals, Monthly Situation reports of District Offices reflecting also the anti-Jewish policy and situation of Jews as well...

  15. Okresný úrad v Novej Bani

    • District Office in Nová Baňa

    The fonds contains documents on anti-Jewish persecution in district Nová Baňa, including documents on the Labor camp for Jews in Vyhne (Pracovný tábor pre Židov vo Vyhniach).

  16. Hlavné veliteľstvo Hlinkovej gardy

    • The Main Command of the Hlinka Guard
    • F-604

    The fonds of the Main Command of the Hlinka Guard as the top tier command of this paramilitary organization contains registration documents of Hlinka Guardsmen from various districts, various lists of members of the Guard, decrees issued to the HG members. Besides that there are various orders issued by the Main Command of the Guard pertaining to different matters, including the persecution of Jews in Slovakia. The fonds contains situation reports of various commands and units, including Special Units of the Hlinka Guard (POHG). It also contains the list of aryanizers of Jewish property.

  17. Hospodárska úradovňa predsedníctva vlády

    • Economic Bureau of Prime Ministerʼs Office

    The fond contains documents of the Economic Bureau of Prime Minister's Office, one of the central bodies created in 1940 in relation to the so called aryanisation of Jewish property and anti-Jewish property expropriation policies in Slovakia. The fonds includes documents related to the preparation and implementation of anti-Jewish legislation regarding the private property of Jews, as well as various proposals for anti-Jewish measures. Moreover, the fonds contains lists of withdrawn/cancelled business licenses, various documents and statistics on Jewish property owners etc. The majority of ...

  18. Policajné riaditeľstvo v Bratislave

    • Police Directorate in Bratislava

    The fonds contains documents of the Police directorate in Bratislava, the police and state security body with competences over the territory of the capital of Bratislava and several nerby towns. It contains documents on anti-Jewish persecution during the period of year 1938 – 1945 such as various lists of Jews created by the state administration and police bodies in Bratislava. It also contains the applications of individuals for the recognition of non-Jewish origin/status or applications of indivituals for the exemption from the obligation to wear the mandatory sign of a Jew. There are als...

  19. Okresný ľudový súd v Skalici

    • District People´s Court in Skalica

    The fonds contains files of the District People´s Court in Skalica as the court of retributive justice in 1945-1947. Several files pertain to the persecution of Jews in Skalica or its vicinity. There are files containing the aryanisation of Jewish property, so called temporary administration of Jewish household as well as a file containing the information on deportation of Jews in 1942. One case file pertains to the member of the Special Units of Hlinka Guard (Pohotovostné oddiely Hlinkovej Gardy, POHG).

  20. Okresný ľudový súd v Pezinku

    • District People´s Court in Pezinok

    The fonds contains files of District People´s Court in Pezinok, which was one of the courts within the system of retributive justice after the Second World War. It contains files pertaining to the persecution of Jews in Pezinok and its surrounding, but also files concerning more distant localities. Several files concern the denunciation of Jews. There are also files pertaining to the aryanisation of property. One of the files pertains to the former guard in the Labor and concentration camp for Jews in Sereď.