Antifasciștii români în insurecția națională slovacă
Romanian Antifascists in the Slovak National Insurrection

Summary/Abstract: The article aims to bring the Slovak and Romanian public closer to the specific participation of Romanian anti-fascist fighters in the Slovak National Insurrection during World War II (here referred to as ”SNP“). The public in Slovakia had ignored this historical fact for a long time, because Czechoslovak historians had almost always been concerned about the participation of the I. and the IV. Romanian armies in the liberation of Czechoslovakia (or Slovakia). Czech connoisseurs and lovers of the Romanian language and Romania, Mr. Konečný, Mr. Mainuš and Mr. Tejchman, had played a pivotal role in this direction. In the 1960s and 1970s, Romanian partisans had not yet been the focus of researchers' attention. The only exception was J. Hrozienčik's work “International Solidarity in the SNP” from 1969. In 1970, M. Tejchman and F. Nesvadba also began to devote themselves to the activities of Romanian partisans in Slovakia, but their first joint work was published in Romanian. Other interesting facts and circumstances about Romanian soldiers, their sacrifice, heroism and positive relations with the Slovak population can also be found in municipal and city chronicles. A more detailed analysis by historians and journalists started emerging only after 1989. Based on the tracking of movements of the Romanian armies from December 18, 1944 until the end of April 1945, the Romanians liberated almost half of Slovakia. With this article about the Romanian partisans in the SNP, we want to complete the heroic epic of the Romanian nation in the fight against fascism after August 23, 1944 not only at home, but also abroad.

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