Mikuláš Gaško letter

Mikuláš Gaško (1906-1983) was born on August 19, 1906 in Košické Hámre (Košické Hámre, Slovakia) to Rudolf Herman Gaško (1878-1910) and Hermína Gašková (1881-1967). He was raised in a Christian family. His father was a merchant and his mother worked as a teacher. He married Judita Hollová (1910-2005) in 1938. Mikuláš Gaško worked as an attorney before World War II with his brother-in-law. During the war he worked to provide legal aid and assistance to the Jews in Košice. The collection consists of a photocopy of a typed letter from Mikuláš Gaško, originally of Košické Hámre, Slovakia, to his colleague Ladislav Alexander in 1983. The letter provides testimony describing deportations of Jews from Košice (now Košice, Slovakia, referred to as Kassa) to Auschwitz II-(Auschwitz-Birkenau) in 1944, and the actions by police official Dr. Csatáry with regard to the deportations. Also included is a detailed list of deportations of Jews to Auschwitz II-(Auschwitz-Birkenau) by train with Kassa highlighted. The list was obtained through Istvan Vrancsik, a soldier assigned to Košice railway station. A USHMM volunteer generated translation of the letter is included with the collection.