Živnostenské spoločenstvo v Košiciach

Živnostenské spoločenstvo v Košiciach  

Tradesmen Association of Košice  

Živnostenské spoločenstvo v Košiciach  

Tradesmen Association of Košice  

96 linear meters 

The collection preserves the documentation of one of the largest local associations of Košice in the period between 1872 - 1952. As far as Holocaust research is concerned, the collection contains detailed information regarding the situation of Jewish industrialists and tradesmen from the period between 1939 and 1944. One might find here various archival materials documenting the anti-Semitism of the population of contemporary Košice (for example in the form of complaints against Jewish industrialists), as well as archival files about the Aryanization of the property of Jewish tradesmen. The collection also contains archival sources concerning the fate of companies or factories that were previously owned by Jews. The city appointed non-Jewish managers at the head of these companies in 1944.