Autonomous Slovakia

The Legislative Tools of the New Power. Political Persecution in Slovakia in 1938 – 1939

Zavacká, Katarína

The study analyses the legislative tools used to liquidate the democratic regime in Slovakia from the autumn of 1938, when it was proclaimed to be politically autonomous. The new autonomous government made use of the existing judicial tools, namely those related to military mobilisation, and set about the rapid preparation of its own regulations.

Back to the Kitchens, Churches and Children. Women during the Period of Autonomy, 1938 – 1939

Škorvanková, Eva

The status of women living in modern day Slovakia has significantly changed since the establishment of the Czechoslovak Republic. Women have gained civil rights and freedoms as well as the right to vote. Following the declaration of autonomy, the process of the elimination of democratic rights and freedoms had emerged as the establishment of a model for an authoritarian state was implemented. The ruling conservative political elites of the HSĽS (Hlinka’s Slovak People’s Party) fully disclosed their views on the so-called natural role of womankind.

Slovak Autonomy 1938 – 1939: The Initial Phase of the Holocaust and Persecution (Introduction)

Fiamová, Martina
Lônčíková, Michala

The end of the 1930s was critical for the democratic regime of the Czechoslovak Republic and the international situation after the signature of the Munich agreement on 29th September 1938. The movement for autonomy for Slovakia resulted in the declaration of Slovak autonomy on 6th October 1938. The Hlinka´s Slovak People‘s Party (HSĽS) immediately started to establish a single ruling party system. During this relatively short 6-month period, until the declaration of the Slovak State in March 1939, significant political changes were dramatically implemented.

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