Slovak government

First deportation transport of Slovak Jews leaves Poprad

📅 25 Maart 1942

Slovak authorities began systematic deportations by sending a transport of young Jewish women and girls from Poprad into German custody. Slovakia was then a nominally sovereign Axis partner; its...

First transport of Slovak Jewish women arrives at Auschwitz

📅 26 Maart 1942

The first transport of Slovak Jewish women arrived at Auschwitz. Most were young women and teenagers deported the previous day from Poprad by the Slovak state. Their arrival marks the start of mass...