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  1. Savez "Napretkovih" zadruga Sarajevo

    • Union of "Napredak" cooperatives Sarajevo

    Founded on 22th of August 1935, the Union continued its work during the Independent State of Croatia. Since December of 1941. it formed a contract with Ministry of State Treasury by which the collectives took the work of nationalization of state-controlled trading and crafting companies. The Union could alone decide which confiscated, nationalized company could be sold and under which conditions. The Union stopped functioning sometimes during 1945.

  2. Zemaljska komisija za Bosnu i Hercegovinu za utvrđivanje zločina okupatora i njihovih pomagača

    • State Commission for Bosnia and Herzegovina for the Investigation of the Crimes of the Occupiers and their supporters

    State Commission for Bosnia and Herzegovina for the Investigation of the Crimes of the Occupiers and their supporters was created in 1944. with the goal to collect evident of war crimes commited by Germany, Italy and their collaborators.

  3. Zemaljska uprava narodnih dobara za Bosnu i Hercegovinu

    • State Office for people's goods of Bosnia and Herzegovina

    During the second meeting of AVNOJ, on 21st of November 1944 a decision was made to seize all property of enemies of the state, and to introduce state management over properties of absent persons, as well as manage and resolve the status of properties seized by occupying powers during World War 2. Thus, in April of 1945. the State Office for people's goods of Bosnia and Herzegovina was formed and all immovable goods and rights, land property, houses, furniture, forests, mining rights, companies, valuables, stocks, etc were under its management. The goal was to use these assets to maximise t...

  4. Državno ravnateljstvo za gospodarstvenu ponovu

    • State Directorate for Economic Renewal

    The State Directorate for Economic Renewal was part of the Independent State of Croatia's government that was in charge of tracking and taking over properties of Jews, primarily companies but all Jewish property in general. Confiscated property would be sold on auctions or given away. The Directorate had complete authority when it comes to Jewish property and thus led an active role in seizing and stealing property and goods from Jews in Bosnia and Herzegovina (and the rest of the Independent State of Croatia).

  5. Velika župa Vrhbosna

    • Province of Vrhbosna

    Two months after the creation of "Independent State of Croatia", which included Bosnia and Herzegovina, on 10th of June 1941 new legislation was created which formed new regions (velike župe). The state had 22 of these regions at first: Zagorje, Prigorje,Bilogora, Baranja, Vuka, Posavlje, Livac i Zapolje, Gora, Pokuplje, Modruša, Vinodol, Gacka i Lika, Pribir i Sidraga, Cetina, Hum, Dubrava, Usora i Soli, Lašva i Glaž, Pliva i Rama, Krbava i Psat, Sana i Luka, and Vrhbosna. As a head of each "velika župa" there was a governor (veliki župan) that had ministerial authority and led complete ci...

  6. Poglavnikovo povjereništvo Sarajevo

    After the declaration of "Independent State of Croatia", on 10th of April 1941 on its territory news temporary government. Territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina, without former Vrbas banovina (province) was entrusted to Hakija Hadžić and Božidar Bralo from Sarajevo. "Poglavnikovo povjereništvo" started its work in Sarajevo on 24th of April 1941, and it took the role of provincial government. The one in Sarajevo had 8 departments. It was operational until 7th of August 1941, since new legislation declared after 10th of june 1941 created new regional government units (velike župe).

  7. Jevrejska općina Mostar

    • Jewish municipality Mostar

  8. Muzej Jevreja Bosne i Hercegovine - Muzej Sarajevo

    • Jewish Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina - Museum of Sarajevo

    The Sarajevo Museum is a public institute founded by Sarajevo Canton, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It now consists of the main building, with depots, and five dependencies: Svrzo’s House, the Despić House, the Jewish Museum, the Brusa Bezistan, and the Museum of Sarajevo 1878-1914. The Jewish Museum or Museum of the Jews of Bosnia and Herzegovina is housed in the oldest synagogue in Bosnia and Herzegovina, built in 1581. Many experts are of the opinion that this was the finest exhibition space in the whole of ex-Yugoslavia; and indeed, on entering the Synagogue, one steps into a di...

  9. Muzej Unsko-sanskog kantona

    • Museum of Una Sana Canton
    • Muzej Bihać

    Regional museum located in town of Bihać, in northwestern Bosnia.

  10. Arhiv Tuzlanskog kantona

    • Tuzla County Archives
    • Archive of Tuzla Canton

    The establishment of the Archives in Tuzla and the establishment of archival activities in the wider Tuzla area was carried out only after the Second World War. Archive of Tuzla was founded by the City People's Committee in Tuzla on July 1, 1954, in accordance with the recommendation of the Executive Council of the People's Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (NR BiH) No. 3768/53 of 24 January 1954. Archive of Tuzla was founded as Archive of Tuzla town, and very started to supervise the region of northeast Bosnia which,since 1962, included 18 or 19 municipalities. Regional Archive jurisdicti...

  11. Gradsko poglavarstvo Brčko

    • City municipality of Brčko

    Local, municipal government of Brčko, located on Sava river, on the Bosnia's northern border.

  12. Državna realna gimnazija Tuzla

    • The State Gymnasium Tuzla

    The Gymnasium in Tuzla was formed in 1899 and always had significant number of students of all confessions and nationalities, including Jewish students as well as Jewish teachers. It was one of the oldest and prestigious high schools in the country.

  13. Industrijska škola Tuzla

    • School for Industry and Crafts Tuzla

  14. Gradsko poglavarstvo Tuzla

    • City municipality Tuzla

    The municipality functioned under the Independent State of Croatia since 1941, as par of newly formed Province of Usora and Soli (velika župa). It was reformed in 1944, after liberation of Tuzla by the Communist Partisans.

  15. Okružni narodni odbor Tuzla

    • County People's Committee Tuzla

    Territorry that was supervised by the Committee included 12 municipalities of Tuzla and its immediate surrounding area.

  16. Okružna uprava narodnih dobara Tuzla

    • The Office for Regional Management of public property Tuzla

    The Office for Regional Management of public property dealt with property and goods, land, buildings, companies, etc that were nationalized and became the state property under Communist Yugoslavia, right after World War 2. In some cases, not only property of Germans and their collaborators became state property, but also the state managed properties of those who were killed during the war (in concentration camps, etc.) or their whereabouts were unknown. In case of Jewish people, the state introduced state-management of their properties either until legal inheritors claimed the property in q...

  17. Okružna uprava narodnih dobara Banjaluka

    • The Office for Regional Management of public property Banjaluka

  18. Arhiv Republike Srpske

    • Archives of the Republic of Srpska
    • Arhiv Bosanske Krajine

    The Archives of the City of Banja Luka was established by the Decision of the People's Committee of the City of Banja Luka, number 4735 dated 20 April, 1953. According to the approval of the Executive Council of the National Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, no. 1719-14 dated 30 May, 1956, the Archives of the City of Banja Luka became County Archives, authorized for the areas of the municipalities of Banja Luka and Prijedor. The establisher's rights were taken over by the People's Committee of the County Banja Luka (Decision no. 2170 dated 29 June, 1956) with the consent of the People's C...

  19. Imamat džemata Tuzla

    • Muslim Community of Tuzla

    The Muslim Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina was formally established as autonomous religious community in 1909, by the Austria-Hungary's Emperor Franz Joseph I. The organization in Tuzla survived and functioned through period of first Yugoslavian state and was closed down in 1949 by municipal Communist authorities. During the Second World War (and the rule of the Independent State of Croatia) the Muslim community received numerous requests for conversion to Islamic faith by Jewish families from Tuzla and nearby towns. The documentation includes these requests for approval of conversion, ...

  20. Kantonalni arhiv Travnik

    • Travnik County Archives
    • Cantonal archives of Travnik
    • Arhiv Srednjobosanskog kantona

    The Archive of Travnik is main archival institution in Central Bosnia Canton, but it also covers Zenica-Doboj Canton in most cases.