Selected records from the State Archives in Osijek, Croatia

Identifier
irn86109
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2014.218
  • RG-61.027
Dates
1 Jan 1931 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Croatian
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn86109

Extent and Medium

6,281 digital images, JPEG

Archival History

Državni arhiv u Osijeku

Acquisition

Forms part of the Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This archive consists of documentation whose reproduction and/or acquisition was made possible with funding from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Source of acquisition is the Državni arhiv u Osijeku (State Archive of Osijek (DAOS)). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Programs Division in Dec. 2014.

Scope and Content

Records related to the history of the Jewish Community of Osijek, and the Osijek region, Croatia, which includes the towns of Nasice, Donji Miholjac, Čepin, and Baranja county. This collection includes selected records from various archival collections related to the confiscation and nationalization of Jewish property (houses, shops, factories etc.), inventories of Jewish property, petitions of local Jews to free members of their families who are imprisoned in concentration camps (Djakovo, Jacenovac and other), discriminatory orders and decrees of the local municipalities related to the Jewish population, statistical data and numerous petitions of the local Jews applying for baptism into Catholic faith.

System of Arrangement

Arranged in six groups: 1. City government Osijek, 1941-1945 [HR 6]; 2.Office of nationalization of properties, 1941-1945 [HR 701]; 3. Municipality of Čepin, 1938-1942 [HR 40]; 4. Municipality of Donji Miholjac, 1941; 5. Municipality of Našice, 1931 [HR 24]; 6. County of Baranya, 1942 [HR-47].

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Državni arhiv u Osijeku

Corporate Bodies

  • Djakovo (Concentration camp)
  • Jasenovac (Concentration camp)

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Confiscations and contributions--Croatia.
  • Donji Miholjac (Croatia)
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Croatia.
  • Baranja (Croatia)
  • Jews--Croatia--Registers.
  • Našice (Croatia)
  • Jewish property--Croatia--History--20th century--Registers.
  • Municipal government.
  • Čepin (Croatia)
  • Osijek (Croatia)

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.