The Archive of the Jewish Community of Zagreb has documentation, personal items, collections of magazines and digital documentation related to the JCZ, its membership and the Jewish population in Zagreb and Croatia. The archives preserve unique documents relating to the Croatian Jewish community. The oldest document dates from the second half of the 19th century, and the most valuable documentation refers to the period between the two world wars, especially to the period of the Shoah (Holocaust).
According to the depth of the order, the material is divided into funds, series and subcategories, objects and types of documents. Individual documents are identified by marks, names, time of creation, condition, quantity and carriers. They are represented by content, context, shape, range and physical properties. They are marked with search parameters; keyword, index, topographical marks, and are also categorized according to public availability. The classification list and an overview of documents can be found online.
ACCESS
Access to the documentation is possible with prior approval, and depends on the reasons for the request, the type of documentation and the consent of the applicant to the terms of use.
Archive classification:
1. OFFICIAL FILES OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY ZAGREB
a. minutes, memoranda of correspondence
b. index cards (Jews in Zagreb, 1941)
c. Index cards (Aliya and migrations, 1948-1952)
d. index cards (membership data, 1951-1991)
e. files of the JCZ Council, presidents and administrative bodies, including correspondence, administrative files and reports
f. annual budgets
g. index card (died after 1945)
h. index cards (members of JCZ 1948 - 1952)
i. index cards (membership contributions 1962-1971)
2. OFFICIAL FILES OF THE FEDERATION OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITIES IN YUGOSLAVIA
a. minutes, memoranda of correspondence
b. reports on cultural, educational and other activities
c. annual budgets
3. DOCUMENTATION OF OTHER JEWISH COMMUNITIES IN THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA
4. PERSONAL DOCUMENTS AND PROPERTY OF PRIVATE PERSONS
a. biographical materials
b. diaries and other records
5. PHOTOGRAPHY COLLECTION
a. historical figures
b. contemporary photography
6. NEWSPAPERS AND PUBLICATIONS
a. Publications, circulars, catalogs, invitations, greeting cards, special editions
b. Newspapers
7. TESTIMONY
8. CARD INDEX JASENOVAC 1941
9. INTERNATIONAL CONTACTS AND CORRESPONDENCE
10. MICROFILMS
12. OLD AGE HOME "LAVOSLAV SCHWARZ" FOUNDATION
13. FRANCISKA WEINBERGER COLLECTION
14. HOLOCAUST
a. camps, lists of victims, postcards, letters from camps
b. photographs and graphic records, newspaper articles, memorials, plaques, texts and prayers
c. commemorations and anniversaries, awards
d. monuments and architecture
e. correspondence, statistics, personal data, statements, surveys, theories, proposals, laws, NDH
f. testimonies, lists of survivors, witnesses at hearings, lists of NOB fighters
g. Jewish lists - geographically (territorial) determined.
15. ZDENKA NOVOTNY COLLECTION
SEARCH PERSONS
You may only submit an information request through the form. Please thoroughly review the instructions before submitting the form.
Download the ‘Search Request for Individuals' form at this LINK.
Download the "Enquiry" form (for institutions and researchers) on this LINK.
DIGITAL COLLECTIONS
Some archive collections are available in digital form. The project to digitize the entire equipment is under development.
MATERIAL OVERVIEW
During 2014 and 2015, a full classification and inventory of archival records was conducted. You can find this data here.
PHOTO COLLECTION
The collection of photographic records is contained within a separate collection. Some thematic photographs related to documentation are available in the appropriate fonds.
MOVIES