Štátny archív v Prešove
Copyright Holder: Slovakia. Ministerstvo vnútra
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Organized in the following order: Fond Okresný ľudový súd v Bardejove (District People's Court in Bardejov), 1945-1947; Fond Okresný ľudový súd v Giraltovciach(District People's Court in Giraltovce, 1945-1947; Fond Okresný ľudový súd v Prešove (District People's Court in Presov), 1945-1948; Fond Miestny ľudový súd Prešov (Local People's Court in Presov), 1945; Fond Okresný ľudový súd Sabinov (District People's Court in Sabinov), 1945.
The trial and investigative records of Slovaks and former Hlinka guard members tried in the District People's Courts and the Local People's Courts for collaborating with the German security forces. Includes the trial records of individual Slovaks accused of denouncing their Jewish neighbors, the trial records of regional Hlinka Guard commanders responsible for the deportation of local Jews, as well as the trial records of major political defendants, such as Karl Schmidt, the former chief of the Deutsche Partei in Bardejov since 1939 and Jan Kapralčík, former district chief of the district Sabinov accused of organizing the deportations of Jewish families in 1942. Features many survivor and eyewitness testimonies describing the persecution of Jews and crimes committed against Jews.
Selected records of the District People's Courts and the Local People's Courts from the State Archive in Prešov