Selected records of the Jewish communities of the Travnik kanton

Identifier
irn531009
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2016.8.1
  • RG-83.010
Dates
1 Jan 1880 - 31 Dec 1975
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Bosnian
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

5,213 digital images, JPEG

Archival History

Arhiv Srednjobosanskog kantona

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 State Archives of the Travnik Canton, Bosnia and Herzegovina [Arhiv Srednjobosanskog kantona (Kantonalni archive Travnik)]. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Project in 2016.

Scope and Content

Selected records of the Jewish communities of the Travnik kanton in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Includes selected records of Jewish properties and the local schools (public and Catholic) related to individual Jews and Jewish families residing in the town of Travnik and Travnik kanton before, during and after World War II. The collection also includes records from the personal archival collection of Anton Pelić, with a large number of postcards and photographs of private buildings (houses, synagogue, shops, small factories etc.) owned and occupied by Jewish families in Travnik before WWII.

System of Arrangement

Arranged in seven series: 1. Collection of designs, sketches and maps of Jewish properties, 1884-1952; 2. Catholic schools, 1884-1945; 3. General records of the National Primary Schools, 1880-1821(1880-1825); 4. National Primary schools for boys, 1922-1945 (1918-1945); 5. National Primary schools for girls,1921-1945 (1919-1944); 6. Records of the Austrian Consulate, 1807-1821(1817-1819); 7. Private collection of Anton Pelić, 1884-1975.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Arhiv Srednjobosanskog kantona

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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.