Oberlandrat (Supreme District Councillor) of Prostějov
Extent and Medium
2,7 linear meters
Acquisition
The surviving remnants of the fonds were taken from Prague and other addenda were added. The inventory for the fonds was made out in 1961. The history of the fonds is not specified in greater detail.
Scope and Content
The fonds contains documents of administration in the circuit of the supreme district councillor in Prostějov, inter alia lists of Jewish firms and Jewish property. Statistics of Jewish businesses, Aryanization files and also lists of forced administrations have survived here. The fonds is one of the best preserved fonds of the Moravian German offices from the years of the occupation. Here we find these items concerning specifically the Jewish history: Jewish employees – placement of Jews, discovering employment of Jews, statistical questionnaires, overviews 1939–1940; Passports of Jews – directives 1939–1940; Jews; Ban on Jews entering inns, regulation of Jewish flats, Jewish doctors, regulation of contact with Jews, emigration, access of Jews to local transport, immigration of Jews, Jewish registers 1939–1940. We find the following in the materials concerning Aryanization: Lists of Jewish firms and enforced administrations with data about company turnover, number of employees, level of capital, export of goods etc. The fonds contains extensive lists of Jewish firms in Prostějov and Litovel; list of houses in Prostějov belonging to Jews or occupied by Jews; name, profession, number of children, level of rent, number of rooms etc.; also materials concerning Aryanization: Correspondence about Aryanization, appointment of enforced administrators, checking business of corporations, applications for assignment of administration, questions about state of corporations, marking of Jewish property, supply work, emigration of Jews; Statistics of individual corporations in the district Prostějov subject to Aryanization.
System of Arrangement
The fonds contains Official books, Assisting books and Files structured according to subject call numbers.
Finding Aids
Pomůcku lze najít na tomto odkaze http://www.mza.cz/a8web/A8SL4All/ a také na www.mza.cz Radimský J.: Oberlandrát Prostějov 1939-1940. Prozatímní inventární seznam, 1961, s. 44, ev. č. 1456.
Process Info
This archival description was created by the Jewish Museum in Prague in the framework of the cooperation between EHRI and the Yerusha project.
Places
- Prostějov