Head of the Zivilverwaltung (Civilian Administration) of Brno

Identifier
COLLECTION.SURV.MZA_Brno/113
Language of Description
English
Dates
1 Jan 1939 - 31 Dec 1939
Level of Description
Fonds
Languages
  • German
  • Czech
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

0,12 linear meters

Acquisition

The fonds were sorted into the Moravian Provincial Archives in Brno from material taken from Prague in 1961. The history of the fonds is not specified in greater detail.

Scope and Content

The fonds contains files from 15.3.–15.4.1939. There are very few political documents in the fonds, one reason being that some of the files of the head of civilian administration were transferred to the fonds B 251 Reichs Protector, office Moravia in Brno.

Following records concerning Jews are deposited in the fonds: Price control, Jewish property; Brno-venkov (German commissioner in Židlochovice and Kounice, situation in Oslavany, Jews in Ivančice); Moravská Ostrava (Vítkovice steelworks, influence of Jews, supply problems, appointment of commissioners in towns, unclear matters with Poland); Prohibition on alienation of Jewish property; Prohibition on change of Jewish names; Prohibition on employment of Jews in Schools; Shooting dead of Jewish technician A. Zeltlik from Prague when crossing the border at Radvanice; Marking of Jewish shops, judiciary of representatives of the protectorate, press censorship.

System of Arrangement

The fonds is divided into 8 groups by subject.

Finding Aids

  • Radimský J.: Šéf civilní správy Brno (Chef der Zivilverwaltung) 1939. Prozatímní inventární seznam, 1960, s. 8, ev.č. 1198.

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

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