Okresný úrad Námestovo

Okresný úrad Námestovo 

District Office Námestovo 

Okresný úrad Námestovo 

District Office Námestovo 

72 linear meters, paper documents. 

Archival material in the fonds of the District Office in Námestovo, 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 Námestovo district in 1938 – 1945. Fonds contains various fragmentary information 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 and Jewish community was systematically persecuted. Representatives of the district office and police forces were regularly observing moods in the society, monthly Situation reports regularly written by the District Chief in Námestovo contain also the information about realization of anti-Semitic measures in this territory. Several documents inform about the Jewish convertites to the Catholic Church, limiting the Jewish social life, in particular by gradual canceling of their associations in the Námestovo District. Many documents are dedicated to the various steps of the process of so-called Aryanization of the Jewish property, list of the enterprises in the district, reports from the auctions of the movable belongings, etc. Gradual limiting of Jews in their former professions can be observed, for example, on the circumstances of the Jewish doctors. Documents address also the forced labor, in particular establishing the Labor center in the village of Slanica which was located in the Námestovo District. Fonds provides also with crucial information about the deportations in 1942, evidence of the deportees from the district, list of Jewish “deserters” who escaped from the deportation and latter searching for them.  

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