Kľak

Kľak

Kľak

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Kľak (Hungarian: Madarasalja) is a village and municipality in the Žarnovica District, Banská Bystrica Region in Slovakia.

Žarnovica District in the Banská Bystrica region

History

On January 21, 1945 the village was burned by Waffen-SS anti-partisan unit Edelweiss with help of Heimatschutz unit.[1] There were 84 inhabitants of the village killed (including 36 children), and all of 132 houses and buildings were destroyed. Numerous victims were burned alive in their own houses. Nazi soldiers raided the village and expelled the rest of the inhabitants from the village, they also shot all of the cattle. Considering the method of accomplishment, not the number of casualties, this was one of the most brutal war crimes committed on the Slovak territory during World War II.

Genealogical resources

The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Banska Bystrica, Nitra, Slovakia"

  • Roman Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1759-1920 (parish A)

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Suspect 'led Nazi killing spree'". 20 January 2004.


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