Republiški sekretariat za notranje zadeve Socialistične republike Slovenije
- Republican Secretariat for Internal Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia
Extent and Medium
420,00 running meters; 3297 boxes; 3220 items; 122 rolls; 948 35 mm microfilm reels (3 copies); 45 16 mm microfilm reels; 29 microfiche cassettes; 25677 files
Creator(s)
Archival History
After the Second World War, the archive material of the Ministry of the Interior was systematically organized for the first time in 1949. Until 2006, the collection was the result of merging the archives of the Ministry of the Interior of the People's Republic of Slovenia (1945-1953); the State Secretariat for the Interior of the People's Republic of Slovenia (1953-1963); the Republican Secretariat for the Interior of the Socialist Republic of Slovenia (1963-1991); the Department for the Protection of the People (1944-1946); the State Security Service (1946-1966); the Administration of the State Security Service (1966-1991); the Security and Information Service (1991-1993); the Slovenian Intelligence and Security Agency (1993-).
Scope and Content
German interwar occupation material – originals; German interwar archive – reconstructions; Italian interwar occupation material – originals; Archive of the outside of Ljubljana VOS and OZNE – originals; OZNA secondary material; Archive of the Ljubljana VOS – transcripts; Provale; Materials of the National Protection, the National Militia; Partisan newspapers / Partisan graves / firefighting / miscellaneous material, etc.; intelligence services until 1945; post-war documentation on political convicts 1945-1953; court proceedings against active officers of the occupying army during the Second World War in Slovenia; prisoner books (acquired in 2015); documentation material on individual persons, consisting of original documents and certain findings about that person; files of foreign intelligence services (SOVA material archive with predecessors) and personnel files 1935-1991; actions of the Republican Secretariat for Internal Affairs of the SRS; archive of the Secondary Firefighting School of the RS Ministry of the Interior 1960-1991, etc.; materials of the republican internal affairs authorities (annual reports, etc.) 1945-1970; district cadastre 1919-1941; annual reports of the Republican Secretariat of Internal Affairs of the SRS 1971-1985, etc.; annual reports of organizational units 1945-1989; personnel matters 1967-1981, etc.; general and confidential matters of the Republican Secretariat of Internal Affairs of the SRS 1971-1980; general and confidential files of the Republican Secretariat of Internal Affairs of the SRS 1981-1990, etc.; self-management in the UN 1966-1990; material of the State Security Services; Central Active Files, etc.; material of the discontinued fonds SI AS 225; 1 large box with fragmentary preserved material relating to interception (forms, technical documentation, working material, individual documents on military exercises, sound recordings); Verdreng/Podlesje labor camp (male) registration book, 1950-1951; etc.
Among the materials, researchers can also find Evgen Bolaffio's personal file from the post-war period (ARS, AS 1931, Republiški sekretariat za notranje zadeve Socialistične republike Slovenije, Uprava državne varnosti, 1946-1966, box. 457, Bolaffio Evgen); report on the post-war organization of the Jews in Murska Sobota (SI AS 1931 Republiški sekretariat za notranje zadeve Socialistične Republike Slovenije, subfonds Gradivo OZNA in UDV on microfilm reels, series II); report on the post-war organisation of the Jews in Lendava (SI AS 1931 Republiški sekretariat za notranje zadeve Socialistične Republike Slovenije, subfonds Gradivo OZNA in UDV on microfilm reels, series II); staff file of Johann Rixinger, head of the so-called Jewish desk at the Vienna branch of the Gestapo (SI AS 1931 Republiški sekretariat za notranje zadeve Socialistične Republike Slovenije, box 811), and staff file of Karl Josef Silberbauer (1911-1972), Gestapo and Sicherheitsdienst officer in the occupied Netherlands (SI AS 1931 Republiški sekretariat za notranje zadeve Socialistične Republike Slovenije, box 811); Risiera di San Sabba related report of the Intelligence Department for Trieste to the Intelligence Department of the Department of the Interior, probably June 1944, authored by Franc Špacapan-Črt, head of the Intelligence Department for Trieste (SI AS 1931 Republiški sekretariat za notranje zadeve Socialistične Republike Slovenije, box 634, OZNA za Okrožje Trst).
System of Arrangement
The archival material in the collection was created or collected in connection with the activities of the Slovenian post-war internal affairs authorities. It is divided into several sub-funds, series and collections of material already created by the creator of the material. The latter, in accordance with the applicable sectoral legislation (including the Act on Natural and Cultural Heritage, Official Gazette of the SRS No. 1-3/1981), undertook the valorization of documentary material in the field of internal affairs itself and until 1998 also carried out the preservation of its own archival material within its own internal organizational units. The collection now contains preserved material in the field of state and public security, which either originates from the internal affairs bodies of the interwar and post-war period or was collected by them in the post-war period. Part of the material also includes material from other administrations of the Republican Secretariat for Internal Affairs of the Socialist Republic of Slovenia and other organizations that were under its aegis. When the material was organized by the originator, it was classified according to its content and provided with classification (within the so-called historical and material archive) and other markings (personal files, registered current affairs) that link the material to the preserved records of documentary and archival material.
Conditions Governing Access
The material also contains personal data that is inaccessible under archive law. The material or the protected personal data contained therein will become accessible 75 years after the creation of the material or 10 years after the death of the person concerned if the date of death is known. The part of the VIS and SOVA material created after 17.5.1990 contains classified information that is inaccessible for use until the expiry of a period of 40 years from the date of creation in accordance with archive legislation. As a result of digitization, the material in boxes 736-737, 1015-1038, 1045-1051, 1066, 1068, 1406-1408, 1415, 1440-1441 will remain inaccessible for use until further notice. Due to digitization, the material in boxes 751-788 (German material of the sub-fund) should not be available for use until 3 May 2023.
Finding Aids
Finding aid is available to researchers via the Virtual Archive Reading Room (VARR) https://vac.sjas.gov.si/vac. The VARR information solution provides users with a tool for ordering and using physical and electronic archival material in Slovenian archives (in addition to the Archives of the Republic of Slovenia, six regional archives from Ljubljana, Maribor, Celje, Ptuj, Koper and Nova Gorica). After successful registration, login and confirmation of the user account by the administrator of the VARR system, the user can order materials and reproductions. A detailed finding aids are available to researchers inside the archival institution.
Publication Note
Matevž Košir, Mateja Jeraj, eds., Judje v 20. stoletju v gradivu arhiva Republike Slovenije [Jews in the 20th Century in the Archives of the Republic of Slovenia], exhibition catalog (March-June 2019), electronic, Ljubljana: Arhiv Republike Slovenije, 2019.
Archivist Note
Description prepared by Jovita Pristovšek based on online survey through collection and data available via VARR and the above mentioned publication in 2024.
Rules and Conventions
EHRI Guidelines for Description v.1.0