More than 580 Slovaks have received the honour to date.
The Rapčans sheltered a family from Prague in their little house.
Love your neighbour as yourself is the commandment best illustrated by this story.
They could not tell their sons and grandfather about them.
The Germans not only put Karolína to death but also Jews she was trying to protect.
Because of Zlatica and her husband's determination and courage, 10 Jews survived the war.
Little Eva escaped death many times.
Štefánia took care of her children but also of sisters Vera and Denisa.
Ondrej noted down the testimony of Walter and Alfred after they escaped from Auschwitz.
Although Anna and Ignác saved Erika, the whole village helped her, too.
The rescuers of the Friedman family pretended their distant relatives were staying with them.
Thanks God we would help those who needed in, Jan Balciar wrote years later.
Evangelical priest would baptise Jews to save them from certain death.
A young boy hid in a pigsty, escaped deportation as the only one of his family.
During World War II, they saved people from certain death. These are their stories.
The policeman, the mailman, the Aryanizer and the villager helped people from Bardejov escape deportations.
Several events took place around Slovakia, mostly at former Jewish religious or memorial sites.
Herman Schlosser experienced Anti-Semitism even after World War 2 ended.
Also President Andrej Kiska attended the event.
A German soldier found Eugen Kučera during the war but did not report him.
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- 3. Slovakia should prepare for the first heat wave
- 4. Presidents, prime ministers and even the pope. The world is coming to Bratislava again
- 5. How to travel to and from Slovakia during COVID-19
- 6. Mass events, border crossing and vaccinated people. Several anti-pandemic rules change of Monday
- 7. Prices of houses grew at record-breaking pace globally, Slovakia in top five
- 8. President Čaputová met with Biden, he appreciated Slovakia’s progress
- 9. Strict Slovak-Austrian border controls scrapped
- 10. The Danube embankment in Petržalka will change its look
- 1. Mass events, border crossing and vaccinated people. Several anti-pandemic rules change of Monday
- 2. Instead of love, "garden gnomes" cause uproar in a Slovak UNESCO town
- 3. How to travel to and from Slovakia during COVID-19
- 4. Prices of houses grew at record-breaking pace globally, Slovakia in top five
- 5. The Danube embankment in Petržalka will change its look
- 6. Slovakia should prepare for the first heat wave
- 7. Foreigners without Slovak public health insurance can now register for a Covid jab
- 8. News digest: Another Covid strain detected in Slovakia
- 9. News digest: New travel rules become effective, more foreigners can sign up for vaccination
- 10. Every Irish village has a Gaelic football team. So does Bratislava
- 1. Strict Slovak-Austrian border controls scrapped
- 2. How to travel to and from Slovakia during COVID-19
- 3. Mass events, border crossing and vaccinated people. Several anti-pandemic rules change of Monday
- 4. Prices of houses grew at record-breaking pace globally, Slovakia in top five
- 5. News digest: Only a test needed for travel from neighbouring EU countries to Slovakia
- 6. Instead of love, "garden gnomes" cause uproar in a Slovak UNESCO town
- 7. The Danube embankment in Petržalka will change its look
- 8. News digest: Another Covid strain detected in Slovakia
- 9. Coronavirus in Slovakia: 49 new cases confirmed (graphs)
- 10. Slovakia should prepare for the first heat wave