Okresný ľudový súd v Ilave

Okresný ľudový súd v Ilave 

District People´s Court in Ilava 

Okresný ľudový súd v Ilave 

District People´s Court in Ilava 

0,87 linear meters, paper documents. 

Not extensive fonds of the District People´s Court in Ilava provides with relevant information about various case files pertaining the activities and crimes committed during the period of the Hlinka´s Slovak People´s Party (HSĽS) regime in 1938-1945, including the persecution of Jews in Slovakia. It contains documentation of the trials against some local party dignitaries and members (HSĽS and also Deutsche Partei) who were accused of propagation of the fascism and the ruling regime. Several cases refer to the activities of the Special Units of the Hlinka Guard (POHG) and their collaboration with Nazi security bodies during the occupation of Slovakia in 1944-1945, in particular to the violent acts and catching the Jews. Some case files contain information about the crime of enrichment at the expense of the persecuted Jews. Concentration camp for political prisoners was established in Ilava already in 1939 and this fond contains documentation of trials with the former guard. It provides with information about some denunciation of Jews and also about the indictment for physical abuse of one Jewish person in Ilava. 

Material is arranged numerically.