Slovak Jewish Census - 1941
Background This database contains 18,126 Jewish names from various Slovak cities and towns, taken from registration sheets of Slovak Jewish Census. This forced registration was done by the Slovak government before their deportation to concentration camps in Poland. The list of Jews was compiled based on the В§6 of Law 198/1941, requiring all police stations across the country to register all Jews and produce 3 different category sheets as per following criteria:
The registration sheets are kept in the Slovak National Archive in Bratislava; the only exception is the list from Bardejov, whose copies have been donated to the LDS by Abraham Grussgott. The complete Bardejov material is available on LDS film 1183504, Items 3-4. Database This database includes 18,125 Jews from Slovak towns prior to the deportations. The fields for this database are as follows:
Acknowledgments The information contained in this database was donated by Peter Absolon. The source of the records is LDS 1183504 Item 3+4 and the transcript of census record from Slovak National Archive. The transcription was done by the Bardejov Jewish Preservation Committee and Peter Absolon. In addition, thanks to JewishGen Inc. for providing the website and database expertise to make this database accessible. Special thanks to Avrami Groll for his continued contributions to Jewish genealogy. Particular thanks to Nolan Altman, Director of Special Projects - Holocaust Collection. Nolan Altman Searching the DatabaseThis database is searchable by clicking here.
Last Update: January 2021
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