This chapter will aim to show how the post-communist value system in Slovakia is reflected in the history textbooks published after 1989. Dealing with the past is one of the areas where civic and political values are manifested. History textbooks are of particular importance here because, on the one hand, they reflect the civic or uncivic values espoused by the state and their transformations over time. Still, at the same time, they are essential for forming historical awareness and future generations' shared values. Hence, although they reflect the current expectations of the ruling elites, their effect is manifested with the passage of a few years. Therefore, the consequences of applying the chosen approach in education are long term. Slovakia, as a newly established state in Central Europe, went through debates about the nature of the regime in the 1990s, and its geopolitical orientation is the subject of internal political conflicts even today. Paradoxically, these are rather disputes of opinion, which are only minimally accompanied by a discussion of the approach to the interpretation of history. The chapter will identify how these disputes have influenced the production of history textbooks. From a thematic point of view, it will focus on such areas as the formation of practices of democratic citizenship, the process of national emancipation, the relationship to minorities, and the issue of equality in Slovakia, as well as the multi-ethnic character of the Slovak territory and Slovakia's belonging to the region of East Central Europe in a historical context. In this case, the reflection on Slovak-Hungarian and Slovak-Czech relations plays a unique role. At the same time, in history textbooks, there is practically no reflection of relations with Germans, Poles, or Ukrainians. The primary research sources are the history textbooks for primary and secondary schools published in Slovakia after 1989. The chapter also draws on official documents of Slovakia's authorities, discussions in Slovak media, secondary academic literature and other available sources.
