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The 6th Battalion

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In June 1939, the Slovakian government issued a special decree concerning the military duties of Jews. According to the decree, all the Jews were removed from the regular army units in which they were serving and transferred to a labor unit - the sixth battalion - which also included gypsies and criminals. Based mostly on testimonies of former members of the battalion and includes also related original footage and archive photographic documentation.