Einsatzgruppe H na povstaleckém Slovensku (1944–1945) a poválečné trestní stíhání
Einsatzgruppe H in Slovakia during the Uprising, 1944–45, and Post-war Prosecutions

Summary/Abstract: The topic of this article is the activity of Einsatzgruppe H (Operations Group H), its structure, and composition, as well as the post-war prosecution of its members. Einsatzgruppe H was one of the special detachments under the command of the Reichssicherheitshauptamt (the Head Offi ce of Reich Security), Berlin. Towards the end of August 1944, after the Slovak National Uprising broke out, it was sent together with other German troops to Slovakia. The priority of this newly created unit was the ‘Final Solution of the Jewish Question’, that is, the deportation of the remaining Jews of Slovakia to death camps. In addition to that, however, Einsatzgruppe H affected almost all spheres of the Slovak State and became, according to the author, a decisive force there right up to the end of the war. The commander of the unit was entrusted with complex intelligence gathering about events in Slovakia. Its members participated in military operations to put down the uprising, and they kept an eye on politics, the economy, society, and the arts, and, when necessary, took the steps they considered necessary. When deployed, they often actively took part, with the help of Slovaks and Subcarpathian Germans, in crimes against civilians on Slovak territory, particularly against Jews. With few exceptions, according to the author, these crimes remained completely unpunished after the war and the culprits usually reintegrated into post-war society without much difficulty, indeed without even being confronted with what they had done in Slovakia during the Uprising.

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