Title: Pracovný tábor v Novákoch v diele Antona Baláža
(Labour Camp in Nováky in the Work of Anton Baláž) – PDF
Abstract: In the Slovak understanding, the existence of labour camps in Slovakia is explicitly connected with totalitarian regimes, especially with the period of the Slovak state during the Second World War in connection with the internment of the Jewish minority. The largest of them were in Sereď, Vyhne and Nováky. While the camps in Vyhne and Sereď operated only during the Second World War, the camp in Nováky continued its activities also in the post-war period. We currently distinguish three stages of forced labour in Slovakia. While the concentration camp in Auschwitz became the subject of many literary and film depictions in the Czechoslovak environment, the camps in Slovakia are depicted in literature only marginally or almost not at all. Only the camp in Nováky received more attention because of its post-war functioning. This study is the result of the analysis of works (fiction and non-fiction) of Slovak provenance, in which the authors discuss the subject of the labour camps in Slovak environment.
Author: ADAMICKÁ, Monika
DOI: 10.17846/SHN.2024.28.2.522-544
Publication order reference: Univerzita Konštantína Filozofa v Nitre, Fakulta stredoeurópskych štúdií, Ústav stredoeurópskych jazykov a kultúr, Dražovská 4, 949 01 Nitra, Slovak Republic, mail: madamicka@ukf.sk
Source: Studia Historica Nitriensia, year: 2024, vol.: 28, number: 2, pages: 522-544
Key words: Labour Camps; Nováky; Totalitarian Regimes; Slovak Literature; Anton Baláž;
Language: SLOVAK