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After the Second World War, the Czechoslovak state redrew the boundaries around its national/ethnic community, defining anew who belonged and who did not. This process primarily involved the redefinition of the criteria for citizenship. Jewish survivors were among those who negotiated for the recognition of their citizenship. Since the Czechoslovak government did not grant Jews legal status as a national minority, Jewish survivors could be freely classified as Slovaks, Czechs, Germans, or Magyars. The latter two translated into refusal of citizenship and expulsion. This article discusses how Magyar-speaking Jews in Slovakia struggled to secure Czechoslovak citizenship through dialogue and conflict between their representatives, local administrations, and the central government. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article examines the ways in which the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) utilized radio reports concerning the persecution of European Jews by Nazi forces sent to Nazi occupied nations as a form of Allied propaganda. Emphasis is given to an analysis of speeches pertaining to the Holocaust issued by exiled Czechoslovak politicians affiliated with the BBC. The author distinguishes between speeches of a strictly humanitarian nature and those that contained subtle political implications. The ways in which the Slovak underground resistance movement understood Jewish identity as opposed to traditional Slovak identity are explained as well.