Okresný ľudový súd v Považskej Bystrici

Okresný ľudový súd v Považskej Bystrici 

Okresný ľudový súd v Považskej Bystrici 

1,25 linear meters, paper documents. 

Not extensive fonds of the District People´s Court in Považská Bystrica contains 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 Special Units of Hlinka Youth (POHM) 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. Fonds provides with information about some denunciation of Jews and Czechs in this district. Some of the local perpetrators were indicted for enrichment at the expense of the Jews, physical abuse and participation in the Jewish persecution. Several files contain information about organizing the deportations from this district as well as the role of the locals in it. Fonds also provides with partial information about the Jewish participation in the Slovak National Uprising.  

Material is arranged numerically.