Plaque recalling expulsion of Jewish students during the Holocaust unveiled in Prešov - European Jewish Congress

Plaque recalling expulsion of Jewish students during the Holocaust unveiled in Prešov - European Jewish Congress

A plaque commemorating the 102 Jewish students who were expelled from the Evangelical Collegiate Grammar School in Presov in the 1940/1941 school year was unveiled on the school building. The plaque was unveiled on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the end of WWII in Europe. “Like in the whole of Slovakia, democracy and freedom of expression were eliminated, and a fascist regime led by Hlinka’s Slovak People’s Party and President Jozef Tis…