Three articles regarding the Jews of Slovakia during World War II
- Article written by L. Klauzner titled, "The Persecution of the Jews in Slovakia", November 1943; anti-Jewish legislation in Slovakia, 1938; consolidation of the definition of who is a Jew; confiscation of property; beginning of the deportations;
- Article written by Jirmiahu Neumann titled, "Der Schicksalskampf des Slovakischen Judentums" ("The Fateful Struggle of Slovakian Jewry"), [1950s, apparently];
- Historical description and memories of Moshe Zachs regarding the Jews of Slovakia, 1939-1945, "Aus der Slowakei" ("From Slovakia"),...
File Number : 34
Type of Material : Research Article, Article, Memoirs
Booklet published by the Jewish community in Nitra titled, "The Cedars of Lebanon", in memory of the 110,000 Jews of Slovakia and their rabbis who were murdered, 1942-1945, published, 1960
- Editing of the booklet by the Chief Rabbi of Slovakia;
- List of the Jewish communities in Slovakia, the number of people who perished in each community; names of the rabbis and dayanim (rabbinical court judges) of each community and their fate;
- Partial list of 815 Jews who served the Sixth Labor Battalion; included in the list: family name, first name, date and place of birth; identity number, whether the person...
File Number : 31
Type of Material : List of Persecuted Persons, Research Article, Article, List of Names, Placards
Memoirs of Mikula Roth regarding the VI Pracovny Prapor (Sixth Labor Battalion)
Draft, 03 March 1941; transfer to the military camp in Humenne; transfer to Sanok; transfer to Lwow; joining the Reserve unit from East Slovakia; transfer to Lipowiec, Ukraine; murder of Jews by the Germans in Lipowiec; transfer back to his hometown, Sabinov, until the end of the war; he did encounter any displays of antisemitism.
Memoirs of the physician, W. Schoenfeld, regarding his service in Sabinov camp of the VI Pracovny Prapor (Sixth Labor Battalion)
Drafted, 1941; [stationed] in Sabinov camp; transfer of the Jews to Cemerne following Operation Barbarossa except for Schoenfeld who continued to work as a physician in Sabinov camp until the end of the war; treatment by the Slovak commander; life in Sabinov camp including food provisions and living quarters.
Memoirs of Hugo Jakubovic, born in Humenne, regarding his experiences in the Kamenica Nad Cirokou military camp of the VI Pracovny Prapor (Sixth Military Battalion)
The life of 100 Jews in the camp together with Slovak soldiers; Anton Adamica, the camp commander was a personal friend of Josef Tiso, the Slovak President; similar treatment extended by the camp commander to the Jewish soldiers as to the rest of the soldiers;
Dismantling of the camp; Jakubovic joining the underground and the partisans unit; service in Kamenica Nad Cirokou, 1942-1943;
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Translation of the memoirs from Slovak to...
Memoirs of Emil Fuerst Knieza regarding religious life in the camps of the VI Pracovny Prapor (Sixth Labor Battalion)
Reporting to the military camp in Humenne, March 1941; holding prayer services and serving of kosher food in the camp; treatment of the Jews by the Slovak soldiers including permitting them to stay in touch with the Jewish population outside the camp; outbreak of war between Germany and the Soviet Union; transfer of the group to Limnik; camp life including forced labor for approximately 60 hours a week and wearing prison clothing instead of army uniforms; staffing of the camp headquarters by...
File Number : 30
Type of Material : Memoirs
Language : Slovak, Hebrew
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