Notary Office of Leles

Notary Office of Leles 

Obecný notársky úrad v Lelese 

Notary Office of Leles 

Obecný notársky úrad v Lelese 

43 boxes, paper 

The agenda of the Notary Office of Leles holds records of the local administration in the period between 1882 and 1944, including materials on anti-Jewish measures, the persecution of Jews, and the Aryanization of Jewish property during World War II. Most of the documents concern the municipality of Leles, but also its two neighboring villages, Poľany and Soľnička. Most of the collection’s materials concerning anti-Jewish measures, the deportation of the local Jewry of Leles, Poľany, and Soľnička, as well as the Aryanization of their property can be found in boxes n. 16 – 23. These archival sources are related mainly to the following issues: reports on Jewish entrepreneurs in 1939, files about Jews trading without permission, the prohibition of participation of Jews in the local markets in 1940, the destruction of the synagogue in Leles (1941), a list of Jewish merchants (1944), as well as the confiscation and the management of Jewish property of Leles, Poľany and Soľnička in 1944.