Methodology
Characteristics of the published data
The data published in the database are the result of research of the Institute of Social Sciences CSPS SAS. This mainly concerns primary archival research and the study of international databases, but we also added information culled from oral history databases, documentary materials collected by the Jewish communities as well as from secondary literature and source publications. The exact source of information will be indicated at each database entry.
For each person, we will publish the exact source of the collected data, whether it is an archival document, memoir literature, professional publication, database or other.
In the database, we are gradually publishing data from the above-mentioned geographical area about:
the Jews deported to and
murdered in Kamenets-Podolsky in August 1941
Jews deported to the extermination camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau in May and June 1944
who were gassed upon arrival or subsequently murdered in a labour camp
Jews murdered while serving in the so-called auxiliary labour service (munkaszolgálat)
within the Hungarian army, 1941-1945
Jews murdered during the terror of the Arrow Cross Party
between October 1944 and March 1945
Jews deported and murdered in the West German labor and extermination camps
during the Arrow Cross Party terror between October 1944 and March 1945
Jews who took their own lives to escape arrest and further persecution,
or to end their hopeless, relentless suffering
Jews who died within six months of liberation (end of October 1945)
from the consequences of physical suffering in extermination camps or as a result of persecution
Methodological Notes
For the majority of locations within the surveyed territory, deportation lists have not been preserved.
Consequently, it is not possible to maintain a standardized format for the victims’ names. Records created during the wartime period primarily list names in Hungarian, whereas post-war sources typically provide names in Slovak.
To preserve archival integrity, victim names are recorded in this database exactly as they appear in the source documentation. In cases where an individual is identified across multiple sources with varying name formats, all versions are provided to ensure comprehensive searchability and identification.
Regarding geographical data, entries include both the historical (toponymic) name of the location as it was known at the time and its contemporary equivalent.
What is the “Notes” field used for?
The Notes field contains important additional details concerning the circumstances of an individual’s death. These may include clarifications such as death in forced labour camps, death resulting from the consequences of persecution and suffering, death in connection with the terror of the Arrow Cross regime, and other specific cases.
