Elementary School "Dušan Jerković" – Inđija

Collection

Holding institution (official language):: Историјски архив "Срем" Сремска Митровица (Istorijski arhiv "Srem" Sremska Mitrovica)

Scope and content:: This collection comprises the records of the Elementary School "Dušan Jerković" in Inđija. The main registers of the school include names of Jewish pupils, providing information on their first and last name, nationality, religion, place an date of birth; on their parents and parent’s profession; information on the pupil’s residence while they were attending school; information on the date of beginning and of the end of their education and grades. Names of Jewish pupils in the school registers include Zoltan Polak, son of Jozef, a carpenter from Inđija; Bela Bek, son of the Jewish merchant Aleksandar from Inđija; Elizabeta Šefer; Hilda and Erna Rot, children of the traveling salesman Leo Rot; Dragutin Bek; Vili Špiler. The attendance and grades book also recorded Julijana Špiler and Leona Špelcer. The main enrolment register of the Public People’s School Kralj Petar I recorded information on Eva and Vera Baum, Oskar Morgenšter, Vili Špiler and others.

Archival history:: The collection was transferred to the Archives on 7 December 1999 by the Elementary School "Dušan Jerković" in Inđija.

Administrative/biographical history:: Despite of the lack of reliable information on the school’s foundation, it can be concluded that the school was opened in 1760. Until 1849, 17 teachers were recorded. The first mentioned teacher was Isak Arsenijević (Adamović). At that time the school was called Srpska škola (Serbian school). In the beginning, the school had only one teacher and from 1887 it one female teacher joined the school. In 1926 it was recorded that the old Serbian school had so many pupils that it was necessary to build a new building, which was officially opened on 11 January 1937. The school was then named State People’s School Kralj Petar I. In the school year 1938/39 the school changed the name once again into Public Elementary School in Serbo-Croatian Language. When the Second World War broke out, the school was moved to the old building and was named Croat People’s School. It was attended by Orthodox and Catholic pupils.

Access points: persons/families:: Baum, Eva; Baum, Vera; Bek, Bela; Bek, Dragutin; Morgenštern, Oskar; Polak, Zoltan; Rot, Erna; Rot, Hilda; Šefer, Elizabeta; Špelcer, Leona; Špiler, Julijana; Špiler, Vili

Subject terms:: Education; Education--Schools and universities; Education--Students; Personal records

Finding aids:: Guide to the Archival Fonds and Collections acquired in the period 2000-2018, Sremska Mitrovica, 2018.

Author of the description:: Dejan Mostarlić; Historical Archives "Srem" Sremska Mitrovica; 2020