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Bobrovček, Slovakia
In the autumn of 1944, Oscar Sladek’s family spent several months living under assumed Christian names in the Slovak village of Bobrovček. Slovak partisan forces were also hiding in Bobrovček. Oscar and his family fled from Bobrovček into the Tatras mountains in November 1944, when the German army approached the village in their sweep across Slovakia in search of partisan holdouts.
Tatra mountains
The Tatras are the highest range in the Carpathian mountains, extending along Slovakia’s northern border. Oscar Sladek and his family hid in the Tatras between November 1944 and March 1945—one of the coldest winters on record in the Tatras. As the Russians slowly advanced westward across Slovakia in early 1945, partisan fighters helped Oscar and his family leave the Tatras and reach the Russian line--and their liberation--in Zilina, Slovakia.
Mikuláš, Slovakia
Oscar Sladek and his parents rented quarters in Mikuláš for several months after fleeing Prešov in the spring of 1944. There they witnessed clashes between Slovak partisans and Nazi forces in August 1944 that led to the expulsion of the Nazis from the area in the Slovak National Uprising of 1944. Oscar and his family fled Mikuláš when the German military invaded Slovakia in retaliation for the uprising in late August 1944.
Poprad, Slovakia
When Oscar Sladek’s family fled Prešov in June 1944, they stopped for a time in Poprad. After they were liberated by the partisans and the Soviet army, they travelled back to Prešov and, on the way, stayed in an abandoned house in Poprad.
This map features a selection of locations that figure in the history of the Holocaust. This is not a comprehensive map. The featured locations were selected based on their relevance to the Survival & Witness project. Many sites have been omitted due to the limited scope of this project; new locations will be added as the project is expanded.