K politickej, vojenskej, náboženskej, školskej, kultúrnej a hospodárskej činnosti spišských nemcov v rokoch 1938 – 1943
The Political, Military, Religious, Educational, Cultural and Economic Activities of the Spiš (Zipser) Germans, 1938–1943

Summary/Abstract: The study deals with the activities of Spiš Germans during the periodof Slovak autonomy and in the first years of the Slovak state between1938 and 1943. The beginning of the study is devoted to the activities ofGermans in Spiš in the stormy year of 1938. At that time, Spiš Germansparticipated in the subversion of the first Czechoslovak Republic.Subsequently, the contribution maps the activities of the Deutsche Partei(German Party) (the only permitted party of the Carpathian Germans)in Spiš and the activities of the pro-Hungarian-oriented Spiš Germans.Another part of the study deals with various activities related to the warand collaboration with the Nazis in Germany. Attention is paid here tothe military organizations of the Spiš Germans, their participation inSecond World War battles, the Aryanization of Jewish property by theSpiš Germans, anti-Jewish acts and the relationship of the Germans withthe majority. Subsequently, the contribution deals with the religious lifeof Spiš Germans. The most significant event in this area at that time wasthe establishment of the independent German Evangelical Church AC inSlovakia. The next part of the study discusses German education in Spiš,which experienced the greatest boom in history during the time of theSlovak State. At that time, there was at least one German school in everyfourth municipality on Spiš. Subsequently, attention is paid to the culturaland sports activities of Spiš Germans. Like all areas of German life at thattime, it was strongly marked by Nazi ideology. The last part of the studydeals with the economy and employment of Spiš Germans. Many of themwent to Germany for work during the Second World War. The war eventsof the Second World War had a significant impact on the activities of thelargest German companies in Spiš, which had to expedite a considerablepart of their products for the needs of the Slovak and German armies.Within each part of the study, attention is paid to the influence of Nazismon the activities of the Germans in Spiš.

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