Postwar anti-Jewish violence in Slovakia

For violence after World War I, see post-World War I anti-Jewish violence in Czechoslovakia.

Postwar anti-Jewish violence
in central Europe
Part of
Aftermath of the Holocaust
Dates
1944–1948
Hungary
Poland
Slovakia

Postwar anti-Jewish violence in Slovakia resulted in at least 36 deaths of Jews and more than 100 injuries between 1945 and 1948, according to research by the Polish historian Anna Cichopek. Overall, it was significantly less severe than in Poland. The causes of the violence included antisemitism and conflict over the restitution of property stolen from Jews during the Holocaust in Slovakia.

The violence often took the form of rioting, and occurred in waves: late 1945, mid-1946, early 1947, and mid-1948. The most notable incidents were the Topoľčany pogrom on 24 September 1945, the Kolbasov massacre in December 1945, the Kunmadaras pogrom in May 1946, and the Partisan Congress riots in Bratislava in early August 1946. The violence ceased after the emigration of most Jews by the end of 1949.