Lavoslav Schick (Šik) collection

Identifier
irn557893
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2017.39.1
  • RG-61.029
Dates
1 Jan 1929 - 31 Dec 1941
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Croatian
  • German
  • Hebrew
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

5,189 digital images, JPEG

Creator(s)

Biographical History

Lavoslav Schik was Croatian Zionist, Jewish scholar, journalist and a lawyer, author of numerous articles, research studies and books dedicated to the history of Croatian and Yugoslav Jews. During the interwar period Shick served as a Vice-President of the Zagreb Jewish Community and played a key role in providing assistance to the Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany. In 1941, when the fascist Independent State of Croatia was established, Schick was among the first Jews who were imprisoned. After a short period of time he was released, only to be detained again in autumn 1941 and to be deported to the concentration camp Jasenovac where he was murdered at the beginning of 1942. Schick was a prominent person among the Croatian Jewry and the Yugoslav Zionist. He worked enthusiastically for the Zionist cause and for the preservation of knowledge about the Jewish history. He collected books on Jewish issues from all over Europe. Today, his personal library is part of the general library of the Jewish Community Zagreb. The Schick- Library includes more than 5.000 books and several hundred periodicals. Schick´s archival material-including more than 3.000 correspondences led with individuals and organizations throughout Europe-it is to be found in the archives of the National Library Zagreb.

Archival History

Nacionalna i sveučilišna knjižnica (Zagreb, Croatia)

Acquisition

Source of acquisition is the Nacionalna i sveučilišna knjižnica (Zagreb, Croatia) [National and University Library in Zagreb]. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Programs Division in March 2017.

Scope and Content

Personal papers of Lavoslav Schick (Šik). The collection consists of several hundred of his manuscripts, articles, speeches, reports, and extensive correspondence with individuals and organizations throughout Europe. Lavoslav Schick was a prominent Zagreb lawyer, killed in the Jasenovac concentration camp. He was a Zionist, but of the kind who did not wish to actually leave for Palestine themselves, and a well-known public figure in Zagreb’s inter-war period. Zagreb’s Jewish history cannot be told without talking or examining of his work.

System of Arrangement

Arranged in two series: 1. Drafts and copies of manuscripts and articles, speeches and reports; 2. Correspondence (consists of alphabetical indexes)

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Nacionalna i sveučilišna knjižnica (Zagreb, Croatia)

People

Corporate Bodies

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Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.