Road To Auschwitz - The Deportation of the Slovak Jews by the Hlinka Guard

By October 1942 the Hlinka Guard had overseen the deportation of some 60,000 Slovak Jews. During the 1944-1945 German occupation, another 13,500 Jews were deported and 5,000 imprisoned. Many of the Jews ended up at the Auschwitz Birkenau Concentration and Extermination Camp. Not much is known about the Hlinka Guard. This book tells their story.

About the author

Walter S. Zapotoczny Jr. is an award-winning writer/editor with over thirty years' experience and is the author of over 150 published articles and six books. Zapotoczny is a former historian with the U.S. Army, specialising in military history and Holocaust studies. A native of Pennsylvania, he holds a Bachelor of Arts degree with honours in world military history and a Master of Arts with honours in global history from the American Public University. Zapotoczny is currently working on several books while teaching history at a local college.

Summary

By October 1942 the Hlinka Guard had overseen the deportation of some 60,000 Slovak Jews. During the 1944-1945 German occupation, another 13,500 Jews were deported and 5,000 imprisoned. Many of the Jews ended up at the Auschwitz Birkenau Concentration and Extermination Camp. Not much is known about the Hlinka Guard. This book tells their story.

Product details

• Authors: Walter S. Zapotoczny Jr, Walter S. Zapotoczny Jr, Walter Zapotoczny
• Publisher: Pan macmillan Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.11.2022
• EAN: 9781781558805
• ISBN: 978-1-78155-880-5
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 458 g
• Illustrations: 32 black and white, 6 colour illustrations
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Europe, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, The Holocaust, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / Holocaust