Guards once again began rounding up and persecuting Jews throughout Slovakia. SlovakGypsies (Roma) were also persecuted by the Hlinka Guards. But it was the Hlinka Guardsmenwho were assigned to do the dirty work, killing suspect Roma Rebels in front of their wives andchildren, then murdering the entire families. “The Road to Auschwitz” tells the story of theHlinka Guards and their involvement with the genocide witnessed at Auschwitz. Walter S.Zapotoczny Jr. is an award-winning writer and editor, with over 30 years’ experience. He alsohas authored “Straf Battalion – – Hitler’s Penal Battalions”, “Beyond Duty”, “The Italian Army inNorth Africa”, “Decima Flottiglia Mas”, “The 110 th Holds in the Ardenness”, “The Aztec Eagles”,
and “Crushing the Japanese Fleet.”
