Persecution of the Jews and the Roma in Nis

Identifier
Files 525-527
Language of Description
English
Dates
1941 - 1944
Level of Description
Record group
Languages
  • Serbian
Scripts
  • Cyrillic
Source
EHRI

Extent and Medium

Three files, about 500 items each.

Scope and Content

The files contain reports, testimonies and interrogatories on the racial persecution of Jews and Roma in Nis, as well as on the "Crveni krst" concentration camp and the killing site at Bubanj. The small Jewish community of Nis (about 350 persons) was interily destroyed in 1941-1942: men were shot at Bubanj, while women were sent to the Sajmiste camp in Belgrade ann then killed. Many Roma were killed too, especially in February 1942. The materials had been produced by the local SCICOS commission in Nis.

Conditions Governing Access

Free access

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Reproduction allowed

Publication Note

The documents have been partially published at the following address: http://killingsites.org/nis-documents/.

Archivist Note

Description by Milovan Pisarri.

Rules and Conventions

EHRI Guidelines for Description v.1.0