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Language of Description: English
Country: Bosnia & Herzegovina

  1. Nezavisna država Hrvatska-NDH

    • The Independent State of Croatia - NDH

    Savez Napretkovih zadruga u Sarajevu; Ured za podržavljeni imetak - Riznično upraviteljstvo /sa podružnicama u svim većim gradovima BiH, Državno ravnateljstvo za gospodarstvenu ponovu/podružnice u svim većim gradovima BiH, Ured za upravu židovskim nekretninama, Poglavnikovo povjerenstvo-PP, Ustaška nadzorna služba-UNS-a. The association of the Napredak cultural society cooperatives in Sarajevo; The office for nationalized property - treasury administration / with branches in all major cities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the State Directorate for commerce / branches in all major cities of Bosn...

  2. Zemaljska komisija za Bosnu i Hercegovinu za utvrđivanje zločina okupatora i njihovih pomagača

    • State Commission for Bosnia and Herzegovina for the Investigation of the Crimes of the Occupiers and their supporters

    Contains information about questioning and deportations of Jews in Banjaluka and confiscation of Jewish property, details of terror against Jews in Bihać during 1941, details about seized buildings by Ustasha government, extortion of gold and silver, theft of synagogue's inventory, etc. Also contains records regarding torture of Jews in town of bijeljina, conducted by local Culturbund (local Germans). Similar details can be found regarding town of Mostar, in 1942. Jews in Mostar were imprisoned by Italian government and transferred to camps located on island in Adriatic sea, where they were...

  3. Državno ravnateljstvo za gospodarsku ponovu-podružnica Osijek (Fond DRGP)

    • State Agency for Economical Renewal, branch office in Osijek
    • Arhiv Bosne i Hercegovine
    • Državno ravnateljstvo za gospodarsku ponovu-podružnica Osijek (Fond DRGP)
    • English
    • 1941-1942

    Contains primarily of records of the Office for Nationalization. It includes lists of Jewish property, correspondence and decrees issued by the State Treasury regarding the confiscation of Jewish property in Osijek and other localities, appeals by local Jews, and inspections of confiscated property and businesses.

  4. Gradsko poglavarstvo Tuzla

    • City municipality Tuzla

    The collection includes documents relating to the work of the Office for "renewal", which dealt with the confiscated Jewish and Serbian property within the Independent State of Croatia. Property of Jewish families that were sent to concentration camps was seized by the authorities. Documents of the collection can serve as a valuable source for studying of the activities and work of the Government of the city of Tuzla in the stated period, but also the history of this region, because the documents can follow the work and procedures related to the property of Jewish families from Tuzla during...

  5. Zbirka projekata, skica i karata

    • Collection of designs, sketches and maps

    The collection was formed in the Archive by combining posters, designs, sketches and maps (including those of Jewish properties) from the period 1884‐1952.

  6. Zbirka Antona Pelića

    • Private collection of Anton Pelić
    • Kantonalni arhiv Travnik
    • BiH‐KAT/FZAP
    • English
    • 1884-1975
    • 385 postcards, photographs, 60 varied related documents

    The collection contains postcards of Travnik, Jajce and other towns, as well as photographs presenting either Jews or Jewish-owned houses or businesses. It also includes various documents collected by the creator, listed as "Varia".

  7. Rimokatolička škola Gornji Dolac

    • Catholic School Gornji Dolac

  8. Rimokatolička škola Travnik

    • Catholic school Travnik

    Contains records (mainly class books and registars) of Elementary Catholic school in Travnik, from 1881 to 1945. Significant part of student body were Jews from Travnik and the region.

  9. Poglavnikovo povjereništvo Sarajevo

    • The Office of President's (Poglavnik) representatives Sarajevo

  10. Dječačka narodna osnovna škola Travnik

    • Primary school for boys Travnik

    Contains class books/registers from 1921 to 1945. Registers contain information about students: names, family names, parent's names, adresses, DOB, etc.

  11. Djevojačka narodna osnovna škola Travnik

    • Primary public school for girls

    Contains class books/registers from 1917 to 1922. Registers contain information about students: names, family names, parent's names, adresses, DOB, etc.

  12. Velika župa Vrhbosna

    Records of Velika župa Vrhbosna (Independent State of Croatia's region governed from Sarajevo), 1941 - 1945.

  13. Matična knjiga rođenih Sarajevo

    • Parish registry Sarajevo

    Contains information about Jewish community members (births, deaths, etc.). Can be used to track Jewish heritage or family members, Holocaust victims or survivors..

  14. Radnički pokret i narodnooslobodilačka borba u sjeveroistočnoj Bosni

    • Worker's Movement and People's Struggle for Liberation in Northeastern Bosnia

    Contains records about regional activities of Communist party, Youth Communist Movement, formation of People' Committees in liberated territories, reports of Ustasha intelligence service (arrests and locations where Jewish are hiding, among other things), reports of the Independent State of Croatia's municipal authorities and military forces, battle reports from eastern Bosnia, information regarding seized property of Serbs and Jews, etc.

  15. Imamat džemata Tuzla

    • Muslim Community of Tuzla

    During the Second World War (and the rule of the Independent State of Croatia) the Muslim community received numerous requests for conversion to Islamic faith by Jewish families from Tuzla and nearby towns. The documentation includes these requests for approval of conversion, minutes and decisions in this regard. Jewish families applied for conversion in order to avoid persecution, arrest and being sent to concentration camps by Ustasha regime of the Independent State of Croatia.

  16. Državno ravnateljstvo za gospodarsku ponovu

    • DGRP
    • State Agency for Economical Renewal, branch office Sarajevo

    Contains decrees issued by the State Treasury of the Independent State of Croatia regarding the confiscation of Jewish property in Sarajevo. Also included are correspondence regarding the confiscation of Jewish property, appeals by local Jews, and inspection of confiscated shops, stores and other property.

  17. Državna realna gimnazija Tuzla

    • The State Gymnasium Tuzla

    The Gymnasium in Tuzla was formed in 1899 and always had significant number of Jewish students as well as Jewish teachers. It was one of the oldest and prestigious high schools in the country. The fond contains general documentation, personnel dossiers, yearly reports, minutes from exams, grades and class presence of students, dates and places of birth, names of student's parents, profession/job of parents, home addresses, religion and nationality of students, notes on transfers to another school or town, diseases, etc. While it gives details about operation of the school during World War 2...

  18. Okružna uprava narodnih dobara Tuzla

    • The Office for Regional Management of public property Tuzla

    The fond contains dossiers with information about property of all types (mostly movable goods) that was either confiscated from enemies (German nationals and other enemies of the state after World War 2) or restored to their original owners that lost it during Ustasha regime of the Independent State of Croatia (Serbs and Jews in most cases). Each dossier carries a name of individual (or several of them) whose property was confiscated, restored, or was involved in the work of the Office in some way. Often included are documents noting public auctions of goods (clothes, furniture, etc.) that ...

  19. Okružni narodni odbor Tuzla

    • County People's Committee Tuzla

    Records contain details from local (county) administration right after the Second World War and the Holocaust. Contains different types of documentation about formation of special committees for assessing of war damages and losses, seizure of illicit war gains (some obtained at the expense of Jewish community), dossiers, minutes and reports from conferences, etc.

  20. Industrijska škola Tuzla

    • School for Industry and Crafts Tuzla

    The fond contains general documentation about employees of the school, reports, statistical reports about students, orders for different equipment, class books, financial and exam records, etc. The school had significant number of Jewish students and can provide information about them, but it also had important sponsorship and suppliers in local Jewish companies/stores.