Archival Descriptions

Displaying items 141 to 160 of 191
Language of Description: English
Language of Description: Multiple
Country: Slovakia
  1. 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...

  2. Ústredňa štátnej bezpečnosti

    • State Security Headquarters
    • F-209

    The fonds contains Fond obsdocuments of the State Security Headquarters (Ústredňa štátnej bezpečnosti), the former political police and security service of the Slovak republic (1939-1945). It contains various documents on activities of Communists, socialists, political parties and their organizations (including Hlinka Slovak People´s Party, Hlinka Guard, Hlinka Youth, Deutsche Partie and Deutsche Jugeng). It also includes reports and documents on activities Jewish individuals, Jewish Center (Ústredňa Židov), anti-Jewish measures of various kind. Besides other documents there are various lis...

  3. Povereníctvo priemyslu a obchodu - VII. odbor

    • Commission for the Industry and Commerce - Department VII
    • PPO - VII

    The subfonds of the Comission for the Industry and Commerce - Department VII contains documents pertaining to the restitution of property of Jews living in Slovak part of Czechoslovakia after the Second World War. The Comission for the Industry and Commerce - Department VII was a special department with the task to legally deal with the issue of restitution of property Aryanized during the rule of the Hlinka Slovak People´s Party in 1939-1945. The Department VII took over a big part of documents of former Central Economic Office (Ústredný hospodársky úrad) which was responsible for the majo...

  4. Národný súd

    • National Court

    The fonds contains files pertaining to the activities of the National Court, the highest court within the system of retributive justice in Slovak part of Czechoslovakia after the Second World War. Within the jurisdiction of National Court fall main representatives of Hlinka Slovak People´s Party regime as well as main officials responsible for the anti-Jewish policy in Slovakia 1939-1945. The National Court also prosecuted several former officials of Nazi Germany active at the territory of Slovakia during the years 1939-1945. The fonds of National Court stored in Slovak National Archives co...

  5. Osudy tých čo prežili Holokaust

    • Fates of those who survived the Holocaust
    • Nadácia Milana Šimečku
    • 01
    • English
    • 1938-1945
    • 145 oral history testimonies, digital video as well as transcription text files.

    Collection contains 150 video testimonies of the Holocaust survivors. It is a unique collection of testimonies describing the life of the Jewish minority in Slovakia during the 20th century. There are 69 women and 76 men testimonies. The oldest survivor was born in 1904 and the youngest in 1944. Most of the testimonies were collected from 1995 till 1999 with some additional testimonies added after the year 2000. Testimonies were collected using the oral history technique. Geographically they cover the whole territory of Slovakia including the southern regions which during the war were occup...

  6. 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.

  7. Okresný úrad v Liptovskom Mikuláši

    • District Office in Liptovský Mikuláš

    Fonds of the District Office in Liptovský Mikuláš, as the state administration body at the regional level, contains the documents concerning political, economic, cultural and social situation in this district during the period 1923 – 1945 and as such it encloses also number of important documents pertaining the persecution of Jews living at the territory of Liptovský Mikuláš district in 1938 – 1945 when Jewish community was being systematically persecuted. Fonds is well preserved and among the 61,2 linear meters it contains various particular information about the history of Jews before 193...

  8. Okresný úrad Ružomberok

    • District Office Ružomberok

    Fonds of the District Office Ružomberok, as the state administration body at the regional level, contains the documents concerning political, economic, cultural and social situation in this district during the period 1923 – 1945. Fond contains various particular information about the history of Jews before 1938 and mainly during the period of the Hlinka Slovak People´s Party regime (1938 – 1945) when the anti-Semitic measures came in force and Jewish community was systematically persecuted. Documents provide with numerous information about the gradual limiting of rights of Jews in Slovakia ...

  9. Okresný úrad v Martine

    • District Office in Martin

    Archival fonds of the District Office in Martin, as the state administration body at the regional level, contains the documents concerning political, economic, cultural and social situation in this district during the period 1923 – 1945. Fonds is well preserved and among the 129 linear meters it contains various partial information about the history of Jews before 1938 and mainly during the period of the Hlinka Slovak People´s Party regime (1938 – 1945) when the anti-Semitic measures came in force and Jewish community was systematically persecuted. Several documents address the banning of t...

  10. Okresný úrad Námestovo

    • District Office Námestovo

    Archival material in the fonds of the District Office in Námestovo, as the state administration body at the regional level, contains the documents concerning political, economic, cultural and social situation in this district during the period 1923 – 1945 and as such it encloses also number of important documents pertaining the persecution of Jews living at the territory of Námestovo district in 1938 – 1945. Fonds contains various fragmentary information about the history of Jews before 1938 and mainly during the period of the Hlinka Slovak People´s Party regime when the anti-Semitic measur...

  11. Okresný úrad v Trstenej

    • District Office in Trstená

    More than 80 linear meters of the archival material in the Fonds of the District Office in Trstená, as the state administration body at the regional level, contains the documents concerning political, economic, cultural and social situation in this district during the period 1923 – 1945 and as such it encloses also number of important documents pertaining the persecution of Jews living at the territory of Trstená district in 1938 – 1945 when Jewish community was being systematically persecuted. Several documents particularly inform about the history of Jews before 1938 and mainly during the...

  12. Okresný úrad v Žiline

    • District Office in Žilina

    Fonds of the District Office in Liptovský Mikuláš, as the state administration body at the regional level, contains the documents concerning political, economic and social situation in this district during the period 1923 – 1945. Fonds contains various partial information about the history of Jews before 1938 and mainly during the period of the Hlinka Slovak People´s Party regime (1938 – 1945) when the anti-Semitic measures came in force and Jewish community was systematically persecuted. District Office in Žilina has created a special Department for Jewish Affairs (Odbor pre židovské zálež...

  13. Okresný úrad vo Veľkej Bytči

    • District Office in Veľká Bytča

    Fonds of the District Office in Veľká Bytča, as the state administration body at the regional level, contains the documents concerning political, economic and social situation in this district during the period 1923 – 1945. Among the 74 linear meters of the archival material, it contains various particular information about the history of Jews before 1938 and mainly during the period of the Hlinka Slovak People´s Party regime when the anti-Semitic measures came in force and Jewish community was systematically persecuted. Many documents retain the anti-Semitic measures and their realization ...

  14. 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...

  15. Ľudový súd v Levoči

    • People´s Court in Levoča

    The fonds contains files of People´s Court in Levoča, which existed in 1948 as the retributive court. It contains several Holocaust-related files. Among others, it contains files with the information and testimonies on the hiding of Jews in Spišské Podhradie in 1942, the deportation of Jews from Spišské Podhradie, Stará Ľubovňa, Kežmarok in 1942. There is a file about the denunciation of a Jewish man by the aryaniser of his business in Spišské Podhradie and several files on various forms of persecution of Jews in Spišská Stará Ves, Spišská Belá etc. Besides that, the fonds contains the case...

  16. Jelínek Yeshayahu Andrej

    Fragmentary personal fonds of prof. Jelínek contains numerous copies of his correspondence from the years 1988 – 1998. Letters are mainly dedicated to the professor´s main field of study – Slovak State (1939 – 1945) and Jewish persecution, especially on information about relevant sources and literature, as well as on the contemporary phenomenon of anti-Semitism with specific focus on the territory of Slovakia and Czech lands. Correspondence is mainly pertaining the discussions with Slovak, American and Canadian historians who are dealing with Central European History. Some of the letters ar...

  17. Korešpondencia Židov odvlečených zo Slovenska do koncentračných táborov

    • Correspondence of Jews deported from Slovakia to the concentration camps

    Collection contains documents of the Jews who were deported from Slovakia to the concentration camps in Auschwitz, Terezín, Mauthausen, Kamionka and Petržalka in the years 1942 – 1945. Beside some original documents, the collection is created by the copies of correspondence of the persecuted Jews. There is also one document from 1945 which comes not directly from the concentration camp but it refers to stay in the camp – a health certificate. Rare part of the collection is created by the manuscript of Ľudovít Dojč on the concentration camp in Petržalka and photos of the grave stones from th...

  18. Okresný ľúdový súd v Bratislave

    • District People´s Court in Bratislava

    The fonds contains several Holocaust-related case files, including the case-file of former aryaniser, file of former temporary administrator of Jewish household in Bratislava or file pertaining to the denunciation of Jews in Bratislava. There are also case-files of former members of Deutsche Partein and SS who served as a guards in Dachau, Mauthausen and Auschwitz. There are several case-files of former members of the Hlinka Guard. One such file pertains to the interrogation and torturing of Jews in Bratislava in 1944.

  19. Okresný úrad v Dolnom Kubíne

    • District Office in Dolný Kubín

    The Fonds of the District Office in Dolný Kubín, as the state administration body at the regional level, contains the documents concerning political, economic, cultural and social situation in this district during the period 1923 – 1945. As such it contains many documents pertaining to the persecution of Jews living in this district in 1938-1945. Among others there are documents concerning dismissal of Jews from public service. Other documents pertain to the confiscation of ritual accessories of Jews or confiscation of their radios. Whole set of documents pertains to the so called revision ...

  20. Okresný ľudový súd v Prievidzi

    • District People´s Court in Prievidza

    The fonds contains files pertaining the persecution of Jews in Prievidza and its vicinity as well as the case-files pertaining to the persecution of Jews in more distant places. Several files concern the persecution of Jews by members of the Hlinka Guard and denunciation of Jews. There are several files of former members of the Hlinka Guard who served as guards in the labor camp for Jews in Nováky and Sereď. One case file pertains to the guard of the Concentration Center for Jews in Poprad during the deportation of Jews in 1942. Several files pertain to the collaboration with the German sec...