Hlinka Guard

The Hlinka Guard ( slovak: Hlinkova garda, just HG ) was from 1938 to 1945 a paramilitary organization of the Slovak People's Party Hlinka - Party of Slovak National Unity and was considered a bastion of the ultra-nationalist, fascist and radical anti-Semitic forces in Slovakia. It was named after the former party chairman Andrej Hlinka.

In support of radical fascist wing of the Slovak People's Party to Vojtech Tuka Hlinka and Alexander Mach, the Hlinka Guard was responsible for numerous acts of violence against Jews, Czechs, Roma and political opponents of the People's Party regime. In 1942, the Guard was actively involved in the deportation of Slovak Jews to Auschwitz. In 1944, she was integrated into the SS, took part in the suppression of the Slovak National Uprising and committed numerous massacres of Jews and Slovak civilians.

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History

The Hlinka Guard was the successor to the Rodobrana ( Home Guard ), which was dissolved in 1927 by an official order out. The Guard was founded during the Sudeten crisis in the summer of 1938 and officially added on October 8, 1938, one week after the ratification of the Munich Agreement in service.

The first units of the HG was created in June 1938 in Bratislava, Trnava and Nitra in July without official approval. The formal establishment followed after the Munich agreement on 8 October 1938. Prague After approval of Slovak autonomy within Czechoslovakia, the Guard took in Slovakia by decree police duties. You acted as a willing helper Hitler and his imperialist plans and took action against Jews, Czechs, the political left and the opposition. The uniform consisted of a black top and a black hat. The garde greeting was Na stráž! ( On Guard ).

On March 15, 1939 one day after the proclamation of the First Slovak Republic, Alexander Mach was appointed as the new commander. The duties of the Guard were established in a number of government regulations, including the promotion of patriotism, the paramilitary training and the protection of national security. This should form a paramilitary party organization as a counterweight to the army and police, the Guard.

1941 shock troops of the Hlinka Guard were trained in German SS camps, and the SS had the Guard with Viktor Nageler a private consultant to. From this point on, leaving several guards from the middle class, the organization that mainly consisted henceforth of farmers, unskilled workers and the unemployed.

1942, the Hlinka Guard was responsible for the deportation of Slovak Jews to Auschwitz. This was accompanied by the confiscation of Jewish property stands ( Arizácia majetku ), the individual guardsmen were allocated.

Since the state was founded in 1939 infighting between the Hlinka Guard and the Hlinka party to the rule in the country took place again and again. The instructed by the SS Náš Boj ( "Our Struggle" ) here was the most radical group within the Guard. After the Slovak National Uprising in August 1944, the Hlinka Guard was completely taken over by the SS. The reasons given by Otomar Kubala special forces, the readiness units of the Hlinka Guard (Slovak Pohotovostné oddiely Hlinkovej gardy, short POHG ) have since been used against partisans and Jews.