The holocaust began for the Slovka Jews in Autumn of 1938, when
Slovakia became an autonomous region. Jewish property was
confiscated and businesses liquidated at bargain prices all in an
effort to "Aryanize" the country. But by March 26, 1942 the first
trainloads of Jews deported from Slovakia embarked to their final
destination at Auschwitz, and death camps in the Lublin area. The
mechanism for rounding up the Jews and subsequent forced
deportation was the Hlinka Guard. By October 1942 the Hlinka Guard
had overseen the deportation of some 60,000 Slovak Jews. During the
1944-1945 German occupation, another 13,500 Jews were deported and
5,000 imprisoned. Many of the Jews ended up at the Auschwitz
Birkenau Concentration and Extermination Camp. After a brief
respite, the Hlinka guard once again took to rounding up, and
persecuting Jews throughout Slovakia. Slovak Gypsies (Roma) were
also persecuted by the Hlinka Guard. Hlinka Guardsmen were used to
do the dirty work, killing suspect Roma rebels in front of their
wives and children, and then murdering the entire family.
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