DOBROVOĽNÝ HASIČSKÝ ZBOR V TRNAVE NA SKLONKU DRUHEJ SVETOVEJ VOJNY

The study deals with the liberation of the city of Trnava by Red Army and the mission of Voluntary Fire and Rescue Force in Trnava during this process. The Voluntary Fire and Rescue Force in Trnava was one of the leading fire-fighting units in Slovakia. Its purpose was to protect the life, health and property of the citizens of Trnava and its surrounding from the fire thread and other natural disasters. This voluntary organization, based on the community principle, whose members voluntarily entered the Communities on the bases of the personal conviction and enthusiasm for the objectives set, played an important role during the Second World War. The variety of its activities was represented among other things rescue operations in the harsh times of the military operations and social changes at the end of the Second World War. At this time were maintaining the fire-fighting communities as the compact units, which united people according to the principles of humanity and decency without any kind of religious, political and social distinctions and barriers.