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Trials of the National Court of Slovakia

Document | Digitized | Accession Number: 2007.362 | RG Number: RG-57.004M

Overview

Description: Contains the postwar trials of the Slovak National Court, including the cases brought against Jozef Tiso, János Eszterházy, and others accused of crimes against Slovakia.
The collection includes selected microfilms and two sets of scans: the first set consists of black and white access scans made of the selected microfilms; the second set is a complete set of high resolution color scans.
Date: inclusive: 1910-1975
bulk: 1945-1947
Credit Line: Forms part of the Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This archive consists of documentation whose reproduction and/or acquisition was made possible with funding from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Physical Details

Language: Slovak English
Extent: 72,292 digital images : JPEG ; 42.8 GB.
83 microfilm reels (digitized) ; 35 mm.
23,324 digital images : JPEG.

Rights & Restrictions

Conditions on Access: This material can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations. No other access restrictions apply to this material.
Conditions on Use: Fair use only. For study and research purposes only. The use of the microfilms/digital images for other purposes can only be undertaken with the written approval of the Slovak National Archives.
Copyright Holder: Slovenský národný archív

Keywords & Subjects

Topical Term: War crime trials--Slovakia. World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Slovakia. Jews--Slovakia--History--20th century. World War, 1939-1945--Czechoslovakia.
Geographic Name: Slovakia--History--Uprising, 1944. Slovakia--Politics and government--1918-1945.
Personal Name: Tiso, Jozef, 1887-1947--Trials, litigation, etc.--Sources.

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: Slovenský národný archív
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Source of acquisition the Slovenský národný archív (Slovak National Archives, SNA). Documents created by the Narodny Sud trial records, later stored at SNA, where they were microfilmed. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Programs Division acquired the collection from the SNA. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the microfilm reels in Dec. 2007. The Museum, in consultation with the Slovak National Archives and the archival section of the Slovak Ministry of the Interior, decided in 2021 to digitize the original National Court trial cases in their entirety and acquire a complete set in form of digital scans. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the images in six accretions between April and December 2022.
Special Collection: Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive

Record last modified:: 2022-12-08 15:37:50
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