Zvolen Jews were the second largest community of Jews in the Zvolen district. Adolf Tomaschoff is mentioned as the first Jew in Zvolen. He was to immigrate to Zvolen from Orava, more precisely from Zázrivá. Later, Jews who already lived in Zvolen in 1852 are mentioned: Jakub Gescheidt, who came from Balašské Ďarmôt and Móric Schwarz. Subsequently, in 1854, Elijah Eiser was to settle in the town. Jews in Zvolen made a living from small-scale trade, the purchase and sale of cattle and agricultural crops. In 1868, an approximately 100-member Zvolen Jewish community established an independent religious community. After the split in Hungarian Judaism at the turn of 1868/1869, she joined the neological trend. In the years 1895/1896, a classicist synagogue was built with elements in the Moorish and non-Romanesque style with a floor plan of 12 x 30 m. The Strauss family contributed a significant amount of money to its construction. At the beginning of the 20th century, the religious community, together with Jews from the surrounding villages, had about 650 members. The Jews belonged to a prosperous class, and relations with the majority population were conflict-free. Zvolen Jewry, like other Jewish communities, sought to integrate into the majority society. They were members of various associations. During the First Czechoslovakia, they established themselves, for example, in the Matica slovenská, the Museum Society of Slovakia, the Ochotnícký spolek Detvan and others. In the interwar Zvolen, the Jews had only two of their own associations. It was the Jewish Funeral Association of Chevron Kadish and the Association of Jewish Women.

The period before 1938 and after 1938 was the most tumultuous period for the Jews. Jews became the center of looting and hatred. The state where all human rights were guaranteed ceased to exist. At the end of November 1938, the authorities stopped the activities of Jewish political parties. The autumn of 1939 also brought a job opportunity for Jews. However, it was possible to redeem itself from it, respectively. if no labor camp has been set up in the municipality. In the Zvolen district, they created such labor camps only in the villages of Hájniky and Rybáre. One of the first social humiliations for Jews in Zvolen was the mass removal of snow on the streets on February 15, 1940. Jews under the age of 45 had to take part in snow removal, they were obliged to work eight hours a week on community service. Eugen Domonkoš was one of the largest Jewish landowners. The Zvolen lawyer owned plowing, meadows and pastures in Hriňová, Pliešovce and Vígľašská Huta - Kalinka. He was to acquire the land at the expense of farmers through speculative executions and trades. A difficult social problem for the Jewish community in Zvolen was the order of the Central Economic Office, which introduced a ban on Jews living in the squares and streets of Andrej Hlinka or Adolf Hitler. There was A. Hlinka Square in Zvolen and the town of Zvolen also renamed Hviezdoslavova Street to Hitlerova Street. A large number of inhabitants were interested in the former flats of Jews. Jews were restricted by an increasing number of ordinances. These regulations were strictly and often controlled by the state and the city, which many Jews considered bullying. In addition to driving licenses, passports were confiscated from Jews in 1940. In September, measures were also directed against Jewish doctors. They had to remove the boards from their dispensaries and banned Jewish doctors in the Zvolen district from practicing. Some doctors returned to their practice due to a general shortage of doctors.

At the beginning of 1941, house searches and raids were more and more frequent. They were to constantly humiliate and bully the Jews as well as expose non-compliance with anti-Jewish regulations. In the former Jewish Grand hotels in Zvolen, the Straus family was not allowed to use the front entrance. There was an entrance from the back of the hotel for them, as well as a special room. They also set aside a special toilet for them so that they would not meet with Christians. Another of the code's regulations forbade Jews from possessing certain items. They were subjects with a national and human theme. One of the measures of the Jewish Code was the prohibition of sexual intercourse between an Aryan and a Jew. In 1940, two Aryanization laws were issued. The first was adopted in April 1940, the second after the "Salzburg negotiations" in November 1940. Ultimately, the Aryanization caused the Jews a difficult social and existential problem. They were deprived of their property. Without income, many families had to live on savings and alms. In September 1940, an inventory of Jewish property was made. In Zvolen, this list was prepared for 480 pages. A conference from the beginning of 1942, held in Wannsee near Berlin, was fatal for Jews throughout occupied Europe. The essence of these negotiations was briefly written - the murder of the Jewish community. On March 31, 1942, the authorities in Zvolen drew up a list of 43 able-bodied women who were destined for other female transports. On April 9, 1942, on the basis of a list drawn up by the authorities, 95 Jewish men were transported from the Zvolen district to the Nováky concentration center. He was directly from Zvolen on June 8, 1942 at 1:20 a.m. prepared family transport. The document called TransportStand504 contains 606 Jewish names. The records are kept as follows: name and surname, date and place of birth, occupation in Slovak and German. Several names are deleted, which probably means that some Jews avoided transport if they obtained the necessary identification in time. Some Jews also avoided deportations due to their dexterity, especially when they managed to escape to Hungary. As of July 1942, 232 Jews lived in Zvolen. Compared to the census of February 1942, the number was almost three quarters smaller. This was mainly caused by deportations but also escapes from them. Small communities in small villages were practically completely liquidated.