Sonda do problematiky ústavnej starostlivosti o deti v Slovenskom štáte na príklade okresných detských domovov

VIKTÓRIA RIGOVÁ
Katedra histórie, Filozofická fakulta, Univerzita Konštantína
Filozofa v Nitre

A probe into the issue of institutional care for children in the Slovak State illustrated by the example of District children´s homes

Abstract: The history of District children´s homes in Slovakia dates back to the period of interwar Czechoslovakia. They were founded and managed by the District youth cares, overseen by the Slovak Youth Care Centre in Bratislava. During the existence of the Slovak State, these institutions represented the most important organizers and implementers of social care for children and youth. The District children´s homes formed a network of private institutional care for worthy children, they served as centres of organized family care in the district. In 1942 there were 25 of these orphanages. They accepted only healthy children, called “normal” during the period that is the subject of this paper. In the case of District children´s homes, as a principle, children were placed in them only for provisional, temporary period. Children who were explicitly abandoned belonged to the state institutional care, followed by care in foster families. Children were admitted at the request of relatives, the home village, the district court or fiduciaries based in District youth cares. Qualified educators were in charge of education in the District children´s homes.

Keywords: Children, District Children´s Homes, Social Care, Slovak Republic.