Okresný ľudový súd v Martine

Okresný ľudový súd v Martine 

District People´s Court in Martin 

Okresný ľudový súd v Martine 

District People´s Court in Martin 

1,37 linear meters, paper documents. 

Fonds of the District People´s Court in Martin is not extensive, however, it 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 bodies such as Gestapo and Waffen SS during the occupation of Slovakia in 1944-1945, in particular to the violent acts and catching the Jews. Some case files pertain indictments for denunciation of Jews who were in hiding after the outbreak of the Slovak National Uprising, partisans and other participants of the Uprising. 

Material is arranged numerically.