Okresný úrad v Trstenej

Okresný úrad v Trstenej 

District Office in Trstená 

Okresný úrad v Trstenej 

District Office in Trstená 

80,67 linear meters, paper documents 

More than 80 linear meters of the archival material in the Fonds of the District Office in Trstená, as the state administration body at the regional level, contains the documents concerning political, economic, cultural and social situation in this district during the period 1923 – 1945 and as such it encloses also number of important documents pertaining the persecution of Jews living at the territory of Trstená district in 1938 – 1945 when Jewish community was being systematically persecuted. Several documents particularly inform about the history of Jews before 1938 and mainly during the period of the Hlinka Slovak People´s Party regime when the anti-Semitic measures came in force. Printed inventory, however is only selective, pays significant attention to the persecution of Jewish community in the years 1938 – 1945. Trstená district was located in proximity to Slovak-Polish borders, so the fonds contains some specific information about the circumstances in the borderland, in particular the migration of Jews, for example the Soviet ones in 1938. There are some documents addressing the acting of the members of local Hlinka Guard against Jews such as manifestation of the anti-Semitic slogans in the public places and its role in organizing the Labor camps for Jews. Many documents are dedicated to the various steps of the process of the so-called Aryanization, confiscation of Jewish property, revision of Jewish business licenses, liquidation of some enterprises and gradual limiting of Jews in their professions such as the revision of the business licenses or dismissal from state and public service in the district. Fonds encloses also documents retaining the information about withdrawing the driving and hunting licenses. From the perspective of the Gentiles, there are several documents informing about the inhabitants of Trstená District who kept in touch with Jews. Documents from the presidential department of District Office in Trstená reflect also the forced inner-state migration in autumn 1941 when Jews were “disclocated” from the capital city of Bratislava. Period of deportations in 1942 is also adequately covered, fonds contains the evidence of Jewish women in the age 16 – 45, lists of deported Jews from the district and especially from the city of Tvrdošín, information about the “deserters” and searching for them, etc. 

The documents are arranged chronologically and numerically, by the department.