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1942 - Hidden History of Slovakia / Part I.
The story of how Jews came to be on trains to Auschwitz is one of the most shocking and surprising in the history of the Nazis' "Final Solution." The people on these trains were from Slovakia - many from the capital, Bratislava. Slovakia was a new country. Created only in 1939 and the majority of the Slovaks were now fiercely nationalistic. The President, Jozef Tiso, was a Catholic priest. And the Prime Minister, Vojtech Tuka, was also deeply religious. They had implemented a series of anti-Semitic measures chiefly born of religious and cultural intolerance. And at the forefront of tormenting the Jewish population were the nationalist Hlinka guard. Before the war Slovakia had a thriving Jewish community of around 90,000... Slovak sLOVEnsko Slovak Bratislava Slovak Austria Czech Poland Hungary Ukraine Germany Israel Russia Albania Algeria American Angola Antigua and Barbuda Armenia Republic of Armenia Australia Azerbaijan Bahrain Barbados Belarus Belgium Bolivia Bosnia baku and Herzegovina Brazil Bulgaria Republic of Bulgaria Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Central African Republic Chad Chile China, Colombia Croatia Cuba arabic Cyprus Czech Denmark Egypt El Salvador Eritrea Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece -Hong Kong China Hungary India Indonesia Iran Iraq ireland Italy Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Korea Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyz Latvia Republic of Latvia Lebanon Liberia Libya Lithuania Macedonia, Republic of Republic of Macedonia Madagascar Malaysia Malta Mexico Monaco Mongolia Morocco Karabakh Nagorno Karabakh Namibia Netherlands Netherlands Antilles (Self-governing country in the Kingdom of newZealand arab Nicaragua Nigeria Oman sultanate of Oman Pakistan Islamic Republic of Pakistan Palestine Panama Peru Philippines Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Arabia Serbia Republic of Serbia Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Somalia South Africa spain Sri Lanka Sudan Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania tabriz Tehran shiraz Thailand See East Timor Turkey Turkmenistan Turks Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom Great Britain and Northern Ireland United States America Uzbekistan Vatican City Venezuela Vietnam , British Shakeela