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Language of Description: English
Language of Description: Multiple
Country: Slovakia

  1. Krajský súd v Komárne

    • County Court in Komárno

    The fonds contains various judiciary documents and files pertaining Jews and anti-Jewish measures in 1938-1945. Some documents concern escapes from the concentration camp in Komárno (Komárom), or illegal crossing of the Slovak-Hungarian border. The fonds reaches beyond the 1945 and contains also documents on the anti-Semitic expressions from that period (such as anti-Jewish riot in Tekovská Nová Ves in 1948 for example).

  2. Mestský úrad v Nitre

    • Municipality Office in Nitra

    The fonds contains various documents pertaining the anti-Jewish measures at the territory of the town of Nitra. This includes documents on various measures against Jewish businessmen including pub owners and merchants, the revision and cancellation of business licences. Other documents pertain to the expulsion of Jews from their houses in Nitra, so-called temporary administration of Jewish households, Jewish census in Nitra. There are files on so-called Aryanization of Jewish enterprises in the fonds as well. Some files pertain to the Jewish students in schools

  3. Bratislavská župa III

    The fonds contains documents of the Bratislava County Office which was the state administation body of the Slovak Republic established in 1940. The County Office was subordinated to the Ministry of Interior and superior to the Bratislava City Notary Office as well as District Offices at the territory of the Bratislava County. The fonds contains various Holocaust-relevant documents. These include documents on various anti-Jewish measures in Bratislava and surrounding territory, including the Aryanization of Jewish property, employment of Jews etc.

  4. Hlavnoslúžnovský úrad Komárno

    • Főszolgabíroi hivatal Komárom
    • Chief Constable´s Office in Komárno

    The fonds consists of six groups of files: confidential files, mobilization files, administrative files, files concerning the misdemeanor, public procurement files, and core personnel files. In all groups of files one can find valuable documents concerning the political, economic and social status of Jews in and around Komárno. For example, the fonds contains the list of merchants and holders of licences, the list of construction material traders from 1942 etc. Besides that there are files concerning the internment of Jews, instructions and orders concerning the military labor units. Other ...

  5. Magistrát župného mesta Levice

    • The Municipality Office of the City of Levice
    • Megyei város Léva

    The fonds contains documents reflecting the fate and persecution of Jewish population of the town of Levice after its annexation by Hungary. Some documents pertain to the cancellation of Jewish associations in the town in 1939. After the adoption of the Second Jewish Law there were extensive business restrictions in Hungary. The fonds contains census of businesses, documents on the revision as well as cancellation of business licences and closing of stores. Some files pertain to the census of property, confiscation of agricultural property, requests (applications) for the allocation of Jewi...

  6. Slovenská tlačová kancelária

    • Slovak Press Bureau
    • STK

    The Slovak Press Bureau was a state press agency of the Slovak Republic 1939-1945. The fonds contains files as well as extensive photo archive of the Slovak Press Agency from the years 1939-1945. While files are not processed and therefore not accessible, the photo archive is completely digitized and available in the Research Room of the Slovak National Archive. It contains thousands of pictures taken by professionals of the Slovak Press Bureau covering various events in Slovakia of that period. This includes some of the anti-Jewish measures (such as deportation of Jews in 1942) even though...

  7. Hlavnoslúžnovský úrad v Šali II.

    • Főszolgabíroi hivatal Vágsellye

    The fonds contains files of the Chief Constable´s Office in Šaľa (Vágsellye). The majority of files pertaining to the Jewish community consists of files pertaining to businesses, licenses and license-owners lists. The fonds also contains files pertaining to the revision of licenses of Jews, limitations of Jewish entrepreneurs, or files concerning the internment of Jews and the police surveillance. Some files reflect Jewish refugees from Slovakia. Another files concern the Jewish ghetto established in the town of Šaľa as files pertaining to the movable property of Jews that remained in this ...

  8. Okresné žandárske veliteľstvo Kežmarok

    • District Gendarmerie Command Kežmarok

    The fragmentary fonds contains documents of the District Gendarmery Command in Kežmarok. The Holocaust-relevant files include the circular letter of the Main Gendarmery Command on the contacts with Jews from 30 June 1943 as well as the circular letter of the same command body ordering thorough study of all orders and rulings pertaining to the Jews from the September 1943. Other files pertain to the action police against the Jews performed on 26 March 1943 or sending Jews to various labor camps. There is also a file from July 1944 which concerns the order to arrest and bring to labor camps f...

  9. Hlavnoslúžnovský úrad v Šamoríne II.

    • Főszolgabíroi hivatal Somorja II.
    • Chief Constable´s Office in Šamorín II.

    The fonds contains documents of the Chief Constable´s Office in Šamorín (Somorja) which was a Hungarian public administration office in 1938-1945. The fonds contains files concerning the situation of Jewish population at the territory of Šamorín district. The fonds contains reports on Jews expelled from Slovakia and held in the camp in Štvrtok na Ostrove (Alžbeta Dvor). Another documents from 1939 pertain to Eruv in Veľký Meder. The fonds also contains documents on the application of the Ordinance No. 7720/1939, files on the cancellation of business licences, lists of rejected licence appli...

  10. Žandárska stanica Kežmarok

    • Gendarmerie Station Kežmarok

    The fragmentary fonds contains police (Gendarmerie) documents of the Gendarmerie Station in Kežmarok. In includes the list of Jews that were to be deported to the concentration camp in Žilina in 1942, the list of Jews that were to be arrested and deported from Kežmarok on 2 April 1942, the list of Jews that escaped from deportation (so-called "dezerteri") that were searched by police. There is also a report about specific Jews that were arrested. Some files contain instructions of the District Office in Kežmarok pertaining to the deportation of Jews from 1942, including the document on the ...

  11. Okresný úrad v Banskej Štiavnici I.

    • District Office in Banská Štiavnica I.

    The fonds contains documents of the District Office in Banská Štiavnica which was the state administration body. The fonds includes documents on the persecution of Jews in 1938-1945 at the territory of the Banská Štiavnica district, including documents on the so-called Aryanization of Jewish enterprise property as well as Jewish agricultura property.

  12. Žandárska stanica Spišská Belá

    • Gendarmerie Station Spišská Belá

    The fragmentary fonds contains documents of the Gendarmerie Station in Spišská Belá. It includes documents from 1938 and1941. These include report on the Anti-semitic flyer "Christians of all countries unite!" written in Czech language and sent from Zlin, then documents concerning the deportation of Jews in November 1938 (including lists of those that were expelled and list of those who returned back) and various documents pertaining those deportations. Files from 1941 concern the cooperation between gendarmes and Hlinka Guard in anti-Jewish measures, as well as file concerning the restrict...

  13. Okresné žandárske veliteľstvo Levoča

    • District Gendarmerie Command Levoča

    The fragmentary fonds contains documents of the District Gendarmerie Command Levoča. It contains the Holocaust-relevant file which pertains to the arrest of several persons from Levoča (including severa Jews in the political prison in Ilava in August 1941).

  14. Žandárska stanica Spišská Stará Ves

    The fragmentary fonds contains documents of the Gendarmerie Station in Spišská Stará Ves. These include report on the arrest of a Jewish woman, originally from the General Gouvernement in 1940, several files on the arrest or investigation of Jewish individuals from Spišská Stará Ves. Some files pertain to the house searches of specific households of Jews in Spišská Stará Ves. One file contains the list of Jews of foreign citizenship from 1940. Several files pertain to the accusations of illegal business activities and the liquidation of Jewish businesses. One file pertains to the cancellati...

  15. Žandárska stanica Veľký Lipník

    • Gendarmerie Station Veľký Lipník

    The fragmentary fonds contains documents of the Gendarmerie Station in Veľký Lipník. The Holocaust-relevant file concerns the order of the District Gendarmery Command in Spišská Stará Ves to arrest Jews from 7 September 1944.

  16. Pracovný zbor národnej obrany 1940-1945

    • Labour Corps of National Defence 1940-1945

    The fonds contains documents of the Labor Corps of National Defence, a special military organized part of the Slovak military forces in 1940-1945, created for organizing the labour units within the Slovak army forces. These included Jews and Roma conscripts and soldiers which were not allowed to conduct regular military service. The fonds contains various documents on the forced labor of Jews and Roma during their military service, including documents pertaining to the infamous VI. Labour Battalion that was part of the Labour Corps of National Defence.

  17. Municipálne mesto Komárno (1938 – 1945)

    • Törvényhatósági jogu város Komárom

    The fonds contains the list of associations in Komárno, including the Chevra Kadisha, Jewish womens´ club and Makkabi. Some files of the fonds document the decrease of the number of Jewish inhabitants of Komárno, limitation of their business activities in the city as well as cancellation of their licences. The fonds contains applications of Jewish businessmen for the licence renewal. Several files pertain to the prohibition of the activities of Jewish bakers and the exclusion of Jews from the trade. There are also files concerning the baptism of Jewish children, or the list of Jewish childr...

  18. Úrad obžalobcu pri Národnom súde

    • Prosecutors office of the National Court

    The fonds contains documents of the Prosecutor´s Office of the National Court. It is directly connected to the legal activity of the National Court, the highest court of the retributive justice system in Slovak part of Czechoslovakia (1945-1947). It contains various documents pertaining to the war crimes, crimes against humanity and various anti-Jewish measures in Slovakia 1939-1945 that were subject to the retributive trials in the postwar period.

  19. Okresné živnostenské spoločenstvo v Želiezovciach

    • District Business Association in Želiezovce
    • Járási ipartársulat Zseliz

    The fonds contains documents pertaining to the revisions and cancellation of business licenses of Jews. Additional files pertain to the propositions to exclude Jews from the Business Association after the adoption of the Second Jewish Law, penalties for trading goods without permission. Files from 1944 contain instructions on the closing of Jewish stores and shops as well as documents on the Aryanization of Jewish property.

  20. Tekovsko-hontianska župa (1938 - 1944), Dočasne spojená župa Tekov-Hont

    • Bars és Hont közigazgatásilag egyelőre egyesített vármegye

    Documents of the fonds contain a lot of information on the persecution of Jewish population of the county. However, part of the fonds was destroyed during the battles. Files of the County Chairman (including personal files), files of the Deputy Chairman of the County are preserved. Deputy Chairman´s files are however still processed by the archive.There are also documents of the legal attorney in the fonds, but these include only the registers and the index, as well as the financial documents. The last two groups are not inventorized yet. A big group of documents from the files of the Count...