The tragedy of the Jews of Slovakia : 1938-1945 : Slovakia and the "Final Solution of the Jewish Question" / [editorial board Wacław Długoborski ... et al.].

Originally published under the title: The tragedy of Slovak Jews : proceedings of the International Symposium in Banská Bystrica, March 25-27, 1992.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-310) and index.

The Jewish community in Slovakia before World War II / Robert Buechler -- The Zionist organizations, youth movements, and emigration to Palestine in 1918-1945 / Akiva Nir -- The tragedy of the Slovak Jews within the framework of Nazi policy towards the Jews in Central Europe / Jehuda Bauer -- A few considerations on the historiography of the Holocaust / Livia Rotkirchen -- The influence of Germany on the "solution of Jewish question" in Slovakia / Katarina Hradska -- Anti-Jewish laws in the occupied area of southern Slovakia in the years 1938-1945 / Pavol Salamon -- The deportation of Jewish citizens from Slovakia in 1942 / Ivan Kamenec -- The struggle for Jewish survival during the Holocaust / Gila Fatran -- The Catholic Church and the Jews in the period from spring 1942 to spring 1944 in Slovakia / Yeshayahu A. Jelinek -- The first transports of women to Auschwitz / Irena Strzelecka -- Slovak Jewish women in Auschwitz II-Birkenau / Margita Schwalbova -- Children and young people in the transports of Jews from Slovakia / Helena Kubica -- The history of the Vrba and Wetzler Auschwitz report / Miroslav Karny -- The position of Slovak Jews in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia / Jan Rychlik -- Jewish opportunities for resistance and revolt in the years 1939-1945 (as in case of the Novaky Camp) / Juraj Spitzer -- The efforts of Jewish fugitives to stop the Shoah at Auschwitz / Erich Kulka.