Odbočka Ústredne štátnej bezpečnosti pri Policajnom riaditeľstve v Prešove

Odbočka Ústredne štátnej bezpečnosti pri Policajnom riaditeľstve v Prešove 

The State Security Headquarters (Ústredňa štátnej bezpečnosti) was a political police of the Slovakia (1939-1945). It was created in December 1939 as a department of the Slovak Ministry of Interior. The State Security Headquarters was mainly focused on the domestic intelligence and state security matters. These included monitoring of all political matters (Social democrats and Communists, Jews, Ethnic minorities, but also matters of the ruling Hlinka Slovak People´s Party, Deutsche Partei , Hlinka Guard, Hlinka Youth, Freiwillige Schutzschtaffel and Deutsche Jugend), but also censorship of press and defense intelligence. In 1940 the State Security Headquarters created its branch in Prešov. Its official title was: State Security Headquarter´s Branch at the Police Directorate in Prešov (Odbočka Ústredne Štátnej Bezpečnosti pri Policajnom riaditeľstve v Prešove, abbreviation: UŠBO). This branch of the political police was responsible for its operation at the territory of two East-Slovak counties: Šariš-Zemplín County and Tatranská County.  

Odbočka Ústredne štátnej bezpečnosti pri Policajnom riaditeľstve v Prešove