Okresný ľudový súd v Ružomberku

Okresný ľudový súd v Ružomberku 

District People´s Court in Ružomberok 

Okresný ľudový súd v Ružomberku 

District People´s Court in Ružomberok 

4,12 linear meters, paper documents. 

This fonds 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 their collaboration with Nazi security bodies during the occupation of Slovakia in 1944-1945, in particular to the violent acts and catching the Jews. Specific case file provides with information to the trial with former commander of Freiwillige Schutzstaffel (FS) in this district. Fonds contains documentation about indictments on other local perpetrators who were accused of committing various crimes against Jews, such as for their assistance in the deportations and physical examination of the Jewish women, assaults, house searches, theft of the Jewish property. 

Material is arranged numerically.