Metadata: City Government of Čačak
Collection
- Country:
- Serbia
- Holding institution:
- Inter-Municipal Historical Archives in Čačak
- Holding institution (official language):
- Medjuopštinski istorijski arhiv u Čačku
- Postal address:
- Gospodar Jovanova 2, 32000 Čačak, Republic of Serbia
- Phone number:
- (+381) 32 322-729
- Web address:
- https://arhivcacak.org.rs/
- Email:
- arhivcacak@open.telekom.rs
- Reference number:
- MIAČ, GP
- Title:
- City Government of Čačak
- Title (official language):
- Градско поглаварство Чачак
- Creator/accumulator:
- City Government of Čačak
- Date(s):
- 1934/1944
- Language:
- Serbian
- Extent:
- 8.3 linear metres (96 volumes and 70 boxes)
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Physical condition:
- Good
- Scope and content:
-
The documents preserved in the fonds of the City Government of Čačak provide information on the social, political, economic, cultural and educational circumstances in the town, on the occupation authorities during the Second World War and their treatment of the local population and refugees. The collection also includes details on the Jews from Čačak and their suffering in the Second World War.
The documents relating to Jews include: order from 15 May 1941 on the registration of all Jews living on the territory of Western Serbia; the list of the Jews living in Čačak compiled by the City Government of Čačak at the request of the German command in Užice; communication of the German commander of occupied Serbia from 31 May 1941 obliging all Jews to wear a yellow band with inscription “Jew”. The documentation included also other antisemitic measures, such as dismissal of Jews from the civil service; ban for Jews to practice their professions, except for physicians, dentists, veterinarians and pharmacists; ban on Jews to attend theatres, movie theatres and public baths; several lists of Jews living in Čačak, compiled by the City Government, the first one from 27 May 1941 with 15 registered Jews; summons to Jews for registration in the municipal office; requests of the occupational authorities for detailed lists of Jews with indications whether they were locals or foreign citizens; lists of Jews compiled in June 1941 (the first registered 27 Jews, the second 28 Jews and the last 30); documents related to the registration of Jews (indicating, for example, that Olga Kon was registered twice in the list and that the name of Naftali Levi wasn’t in the list, since he was shot on July 20 1941, that the children of Vida Stefanović, née Karijo, Dejan and Ljiljana, weren’t registered in the list; that the list did not include baptised Jews and their children).
The lists of registered Jews included information on their date and place of birth, when the person had arrived in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and from where, what was his/her citizenship. The list included following individuals: Naftali Eškenazi, Lena Eškenazi, Simo Eškenazi, Bela Rubinštajn, Elizabeta Rubinštajn, Aleksandar Rubinštajn, Štefanija Rubinštajn, Todor Hirt, Mihajlo Vilhelm, Jakov Albahari, Fina Albahari, Mihajlo Albahari, Lili Šajer, Mirko Šajer, Pavle Kon, Olga Kon, Gustav Štajnic, Bela Hiršfeld, Ana Hiršfeld, Karlo Hiršfeld, Branko Miletić, Natalija Miletić, née Popović, Milan Popović, Sonja Popović, Sigfrid Fišer, Ida Fišer, Stevan Ber, Vida Stefanović, née Kario, Jelisaveta Kara Nikolić, née Eškenazi, Zoran Kara Nikolić.
The collection also includes other communications sent by the German command in Užice to the City Government of Čačak, requesting information on the number of yellow bands required for the town, a document confirming the arrival of yellow bands for Jews and white bands for the Roma; orders regarding regular controls of whether the Jews were wearing the band and on the immediate punishments for not wearing the band; order issued by the City Government of Čačak on 17 July 1941 that all Jews who did not live in the town before 6 April 1941 had to leave the town; request of the Čačak district office that the male head of Jewish families had to submit documents which would confirm their identity and their assets.
- Archival history:
- The collection was handed over by the City of Čačak People’s Board in 1948.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- The Municipality of the Town of Čačak was formed at the end of October 1918 soon after the liberation in the First World War. At the beginning the name of the municipality was the Court of the Municipality of Čačak. The City Government of Čačak as the local government was established in 1934. As the administrative power, the Government regulated all aspects of the life in the town and handled the town’s development. The City Government of Čačak ceased to exist on 8 July 1944.
- Access points: locations:
- Čačak
- System of arrangement:
- The records were arranged according to the existing office numbers.
- Finding aids:
- A summary inventory exists.
- Yerusha Network member:
- Historical Archives of Belgrade
- Author of the description:
- Jelena Jovanović; Historical Archves of Belgrade; 2021
