Selected records from the State Archives in Bjelovar, Croatia
Extent and Medium
392 digital files, JPEG
Archival History
Državni arhiv u Bjelovaru
Acquisition
Source of acquisition is the Državni arhiv u Bjelovaru, Croatia (State Archive of Bjelovaru). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Programs Division in March 2019.
Scope and Content
Records related to history of Holocaust in Bjelovar region, a historical territory that encompassed the district authorities of Bjelovar, Čazma, Garešnica, Đurđevac, Daruvar, Livac-Zapolje, Koprivnica, Križevci, Grubišno Polje, Koprivnica, and Križevci in the Independent State of Croatia (1941-1945). The bulk of the collection consists of records related to confiscation of Jewish property and assets in the Bjelovar region municipalities of the region, the appointment of "trustees" overseeing former Jewish shops, arrest warrants, and reports on deportation of Jews to Jasenovac concentration camp. The collection also includes records of the postwar Commission for the Investigation of Crimes Committed on the territory of the Bjelovar region during WWII (Okružna komisija za utvrđivanje ratnih zločina) containing the list of Jewish victims and other related materials.
System of Arrangement
Arranged in eight groups: 1. Velika župa Bilogora Bjelovar, HR DABJ 20; 2. Kotarska oblast Bjelovar, HR DABJ 21; 3. Gradsko poglavarstvo Bjelovar (1941-1945), HR DABJ 22; 4. Zavod za kolonizaciju Zagreb – Pokretni ured Bjelovar, HR DABJ 25; 5. Okružna komisija za utvrđivanje ratnih zločina Bjelovar (1944-1946), HR DABJ 29; 6. Općinski odbor SUBNORH Daruvar, HR DABJ 277; 7. Općinsko poglavarstvo trgovišta Daruvar (1941-1945), HR DABJ 673; 8. Općinski sekretarijat za unutrašnje poslove Daruvar, HR DABJ 1070; 9. Kotarska oblast Daruvar, HR DABJ 1106.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Državni arhiv u Bjelovaru
Corporate Bodies
- Jasenovac (Concentration camp)
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Confiscations and contributions--Croatia.
- Bjelovar (Croatia)
- Čazma (Croatia)
- War crimes investigation--Croatia--History--20th century.
- Jewish property--Croatia--History--20th century.
- Daruvar (Croatia)
- Holocaust Jewish (1939-1945)--Croatia--History.
- Koprivnica (Croatia)
- Koprivnica (Croatia)
- Grubišno Polje (Croatia)
- Garešnica (Croatia)
- Đurđevac (Croatia)
- Livac-Zapolje (Croatia)
- Križevci (Croatia)
Genre
- Registers.
- Reports.
- Document