DOCUMENTS (in Slovak)

February 1950

Directive of the Commission of the Interior for KNV on the activities of church secretaries, February 4, 1950 (State Archive in Bratislava, fund Regional National Committee in Bratislava)
Report of the Church Secretary of the ONV in Galanta on the recolection of 9 February 1950 convened by the Apostolic Administrator in Trnava dr. Lazík, 17 February 1950 (State Archive in Bratislava, fund Regional National Committee in Bratislava)

March 1950

Reports of the Church Secretary of the KNV in Bratislava of 7 March 1950 on working conditions before Operation K (State Archive in Bratislava, fund Regional National Committee in Bratislava)
Report of the Church Secretary of the ONV in Bratislava-neighborhood on the undesirable activities of the monk T. A. Havlovič and the inappropriate prayer of the pastor Š. Nipča, March 9, 1950 (State Archive in Bratislava, fund Regional National Committee in Bratislava)
Report of the Church Secretary of the ONV in Galanta on the Miracle of Číhošť and the planned departure of the Salesians from the village of Hody, March 14, 1950 (State Archive in Bratislava, fund Regional National Committee in Bratislava)
Instructions of the Slovak Office for Ecclesiastical Affairs in Bratislava for ecclesiastical secretaries in the matter of obtaining information on religious orders and monasteries (State Archive in Bratislava, fund Regional National Committee)
Questionnaire of the Levoča State Security Section on the planned Operation K concerning the Minorite Monastery in Spišský Štvrtok, March 1950. (State Archive in Košice, fund Regional National Committee in Košice)
Situation Report of the Church Secretary of the KNV in Bratislava for the Period from March 1 to 15, 1950 (State Archive in Bratislava, fund Regional National Committee in Bratislava)

April 1950

Preparation of state security forces for Operation K
ŠtB Banská Bystrica Regional Headquarters - concentration order for the regional commander of the People's Militia; April 4, 1950. (Archive of Nation's Memory Institute, fund KS ZNB ŠtB Banská Bystrica)
ŠtB Banská Bystrica Regional Headquarters - concentration order for the SNB Regional Headquarters; April 4, 1950. (Archive of the Nation's Memory Institute, fund KS ZNB ŠtB Banská Bystrica)
ŠtB Banská Bystrica Regional Headquarters - concentration order for the regional military headquarters; April 4, 1950. (Archive of the Nation's Memory Institute, fund KS ZNB ŠtB Banská Bystrica)
Regional Headquarters ŠtB Banská Bystrica - order to block telephone lines; April 8, 1950. (Archive of the Nation's Memory Institute, fund KS ZNB ŠtB Banská Bystrica)
Regional Headquarters of the Banská Bystrica Police Station - concentration order for the monastery in Sv. Kríž nad Hronom (today's Žiar nad Hronom); April 8, 1950. (Archive of the Nation's Memory Institute, fund KS ZNB ŠtB Banská Bystrica)
Request for replenishment of tear gas and batons addressed to the Regional Headquarters of the Banská Bystrica Police; April 8, 1950.(Archive of the Nation's Memory Institute, fund KS ZNB ŠtB Banská Bystrica)
Additional instruction 80 minutes before hour "H" - roadside inspection addressed to all regional headquarters of the State Security Service; April 13, 1950 at 10.40 p.m. (Archive of the Nation's Memory Institute, fund KS ZNB ŠtB Banská Bystrica)
Additional briefing 80 minutes before hour "H" - behavior of members of the intervening units addressed to all regional headquarters of the State Security Service; April 13, 1950 at 10.40 p.m. (Archive of the Nation's Memory Institute, fund KS ZNB ŠtB Banská Bystrica)
Realization of Operation K
Record of the beginning of Operation K in Kremnica; April 14, 1950 at 2.20 (Archive of the Nation's Memory Institute, fund KS ZNB ŠtB Banská Bystrica)
Order of Lt. Col. Baláž and Lt. Col. Vražda to all regional headquarters of the State Security Service to guard concentrated monks in centralizing monasteries and prevent their contact with the population; April 14, 1950 at 10:00 PM (Archive of the Nation's Memory Institute, fund KS ZNB ŠtB Banská Bystrica)
The Franciscans in Kremnica refuse to board the vacated parishes and enter the internment monastery - the report of Capt. Pavlík and Lt. Sadloň; April 14, 1950 (Archive of the Nation's Memory Institute, fund KS ZNB ŠtB Banská Bystrica)
Report of the Regional Commander of the State Security Service in Banská Bystrica Lt. Sadloň on the concentration of Franciscans in the centralization monastery in Svätý Beňadik (today's Hronský Beňadik); April 14, 1950 (Archive of the Nation's Memory Institute, fund KS ZNB ŠtB Banská Bystrica)
Report of the Regional Commander of the State Security Service in Banská Bystrica Lt. Sadloň on the situation at the regional level; April 14, 1950 (Archive of the Nation's Memory Institute, fund KS ZNB ŠtB Banská Bystrica)
SNB report to the Regional Headquarters of the State Security Service in Banská Bystrica on the situation in Kremnica; April 14, 1950 (Archive of the Nation's Memory Institute, fund KS ZNB ŠtB Banská Bystrica)
SNB report to the Regional Headquarters of the State Security Service in Banská Bystrica on the situation in Kremnica; April 15, 1950 (Archive of the Nation's Memory Institute, fund KS ZNB ŠtB Banská Bystrica)
Report of the Regional Commander of the State Security Service in Banská Bystrica Lt. Sadloň on the concentration of Franciscans in the centralization monastery in Svätý Beňadik (today's Hronský Beňadik); April 15, 1950 (Archive of the Nation's Memory Institute, fund KS ZNB ŠtB Banská Bystrica)
Report of the Regional Commander of the State Security Service in Banská Bystrica Lt. Sadloň about the army's participation in Operation K and the commotion among the population; April 15, 1950 (Archive of the Nation's Memory Institute, fund KS ZNB ŠtB Banská Bystrica)
Report on the realization of Operation K in the Piarist monastery in Svätý Jur (State Archive in Bratislava, fund Regional National Committee in Bratislava)
Report on the realization of Operation K in the Salesian monastery in Hody (State Archive in Bratislava, fund Regional National Committee in Bratislava)
Report on the realization of Operation K in the Salesian monastery in Trnava (State Archive in Bratislava, fund Regional National Committee in Bratislava)
Report on the realization of Operation K in the Jesuit monastery in Trnava (State Archive in Bratislava, fund Regional National Committee in Bratislava)
Report on the realization of Operation K in the Comforter Order's monastery in Borinka, district Malacky (State Archive in Bratislava, fund Regional National Committee in Bratislava)
Summary reports on the concentration of monks in centralizing monasteries in Podolínec (Redemptorists, Basilians, Comforters), Svätý Beňadik (Franciscans), Šaštín (Salesians) and Jasov (Jesuits, Premonstrates) (Archive of the Nation's Memory Institute, fund KS ZNB S ŠtB Bratislava)
Extensive summary report of the State Security Service on the course of Operation K (photographs of food supplies or information on finances found in monasteries were abused by the government to incite hatred against religious, food supplies actually served both for numerous communities and for charitable purposes) (Archive of the Nation's Memory Institute, fund KS ZNB S ŠtB Bratislava)

May 1950

Situation Report of the Church Secretary at the ONV in Skalica, May 30, 1950 (State Archive in Bratislava, fund Regional National Committee in Bratislava)

June 1950

Instructions for the inventory and concentration of monuments from monasteries and finding out the possibilities of using monastery buildings for school purposes (State Archive in Bratislava, fund Regional National Committee in Bratislava)

July 1950

Proposal of the Department for Ecclesiastical Affairs of the Regional National Committee in Košice for the use of occupied monastic buildings, July 1950. (State Archive in Košice, fund Regional National Committee in Košice)
Notification of the State East Slovak Museum on the crisis situation during the collection of art and monuments from the abolished monasteries of the Košice region in the Jasov collection monastery, July 10, 1950. (State Archive in Košice, fund Regional National Committee in Košice)
Reports of the Church Secretary of the ONV in Malacky on the defective activities of the pastor L. Mogyorossy in Moravský sv. Ján, July 26 and August 2, 1950 (State Archive in Bratislava, fund Regional National Committee in Bratislava)

August 1950

Guidelines for the realization of Operation R (State Archive in Bratislava, fund Regional National Committee in Bratislava)
Annexes to the guidelines for the realization of Operation R (State Archive in Bratislava, fund Regional National Committee in Bratislava)
Supplement to the Instructions for the realization of Operation R; syllabus (State Archive in Bratislava, fund Regional National Committee in Bratislava)
Report on the realization of Operation R (State Archive in Bratislava, fund Regional National Committee in Bratislava)
Reports on the situation in the municipalities of Vrbové and Modra (State Archive in Bratislava, fund Regional National Committee in Bratislava)
Proposal for retraining of monks, list of lectures and literature (State Archive in Bratislava, fund Regional National Committee in Bratislava)
Church Secretary of the ONV in Skalica informs about the number of nuns in the district, August 18, 1950 (State Archive in Bratislava, fund Regional National Committee in Bratislava)
Church Secretary of the ONV in Nové Mesto nad Váhom informs about the number of nuns in the district, August 21, 1950 (State Archive in Bratislava, fund Regional National Committee in Bratislava)
Church Secretary of the ONV in Galanta informs about the need to expel nuns from the village of Trstnice, August 22, 1950 (State Archive in Bratislava, fund Regional National Committee in Bratislava)
Letter from the President of the Slovak Office for Ecclesiastical Affairs, Ladislav Holdoš, on preparations for the removal of members of women's orders who did not work in health care, 23 August 1950. (State Archive in Košice, fund Regional National Committee in Košice)
Letter from the Commissioner of the Interior Daniel Okáli on the "reorganization" of women's orders, 25 August 1950. (State Archive in Košice, Regional National Committee in Košice)
Church Secretary of the ONV in Sered informs about the "bad influence" of local nuns on youth, 28 August 1950 (State Archive in Bratislava, fund Regional National Committee in Bratislava)
Report of the Chairman of the Regional National Committee in Košice Michal Chudík on the course of the first day of the removal of nuns in the Košice Region, 29 August 1950. (State Archive in Košice, fund Regional National Committee in Košice)

October 1950

Situation Report of the Church Secretary of the KNV in Bratislava for the Period from 16 August to 30 September 1950 (State Archive in Bratislava, fund Regional National Committee in Bratislava)

November 1950

Situation report of the Church Secretary at the ONV in Trenčín on events in the district and in the monastery in Kostolná, 14 November 1950 (State Archive in Bratislava, fund Regional National Committee in Bratislava)
Situation Report of the Church Secretary at the ONV in Pezinok on Events in the District, 15 November 1950 (State Archive in Bratislava, fund Regional National Committee in Bratislava)
Report of the Vice-Chairman of the Regional National Committee in Košice on the liquidation of the Trebišov monastery of the Order of Basilians, 17 November 1950. (State Archive in Košice, Regional National Committee in Košice)
Information from the Slovak Office for Ecclesiastical Affairs on the tightening of the regime in the internment monasteries of women's religious orders, 27 November 1950 (State Archive in Bratislava, fund Regional National Committee in Bratislava)

December 1950

Annual Situation Report of the ONV Church Secretary in Galanta for 1950, December 29, 1950 (State Archive in Bratislava, fund Regional National Committee in Bratislava)
Situation Report of the Church Secretary of the KNV in Bratislava for the Period from 15 to 31 December 1950 (State Archive in Bratislava, fund Regional National Committee in Bratislava)

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