Petitioners of Jewish Property in Košice: A Case Study on the Holocaust and Local Society in a Slovak-Hungarian Border Region

This study aims to provide an insight into the microworld of a group witnesses and participants in Holocaust Košice, town ceded from dismembered Czechoslovakia Hungary November 1938. We argue that Košice represents suitable case for examination Aryanization Jewish property on municipality individual levels Slovak-Hungarian border region (Southern Slovakia), which is hitherto understudied field studies. Our analysis centred around 253 petitions submitted by local residents obtain rental rights apartments previously occupied Jews supporting documentation preserved City Archives. primary research question who these petitioners actually were how why they became involved process. explore petitioners’ social stratification, occupational structure, gender, ethnic origin other indicators. Furthermore, we present interpret their arguments, excuses motivations. issue also involves striking much ordinary men women understood benefited mass murder.