Metadata: Collection of History of Zemun Since 1918
Collection
- Country:
- Serbia
- Holding institution:
- Belgrade City Museum
- Holding institution (official language):
- Музеј града Београда (Muzej grada Beograda)
- Postal address:
- Zmaj Jovina 1, 11 000 Belgrade, Republic of Serbia
- Phone number:
- (+381) 3283-504
- Web address:
- http://www.mgb.org.rs/
- Email:
- office@mgb.org.rs
- Reference number:
- MGB-ZI/2
- Title:
- Collection of History of Zemun Since 1918
- Title (official language):
- Збирка за историју Земуна од 1918.
- Creator/accumulator:
- Belgrade City Museum
- Date(s):
- 1918/1941
- Language:
- Serbian
- Extent:
- 172 items
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Photographic images
- Physical condition:
- Good
- Scope and content:
-
The collection comprises items related to the historical-urban development of Zemun after the First World War, such as various proclamations, photos of the withdrawal of the Austro-Hungarians from Zemun and the entry of the Serbian army, records which depicted the activities of Germans in the suburb of Franctal, where the stronghold of the Kulturbund was located, documents relating to the members of the Association of the Communist Youth of Yugoslavia (SKOJ), and to the period of occupation and national liberation war, until the liberation on 22 October 1944. The following items are relevant for Jewish history:
ZI 1-71 Photograph of the Ashkenazi Synagogue in Rabin Alkalaj Street (later Primorska Street). It was built in 1850, on the site of the older one from 1755. Next to the synagogue were the premises of the Jewish Religious Community and the two-year primary school, which merged in 1933/34 with the elementary school "Kraljević Tomislav". After the Second World War, the building was bought from the Jewish Religious Community. The Youth Club was housed in it for a long time, and in the 1970s the first Zemun disco club was located there. Glass plate, negative, 9 x 11.9cm;
ZI 1-78 Photograph of the Sephardic synagogue at the corner of the Dubrovačka and Primorska streets. It was built in 1871, based on the design of Josif Marks from Zemun. It was heavily damaged during the Allied bombing on 17 April 1944, and later destroyed. Glass plate, negative, 11.9x9 cm;
ZI 1-396 Rules of the Jewish Women's Charitable Society, brochure printed in Latin and Cyrillic, Zemun, 1926;
I2 / 2-137 “In diesem Geschaefte haben Juden keinen Zutritt” – announcement that Jews were banned from entering a store, 1941-1944. This inscription on card was placed on Zemun stores;
ZI 1-436 photograph of the Jewish temple, 1929.
- Archival history:
- The collection was created by purchases and gifts.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- The Austro-Hungarian and German military forces withdrew in a hurry after the breakdown of thessaloniki front and their defeat in Serbia. On 1 November 1918 Belgrade was liberated and on 5 November 1918 the Serbian army entered Zemun. That was the end of the two-century rule of Austria. The City of Zemun and the Srem region became the part of the newly formed Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, i.e., Yugoslavia. From 1934 to 1941 Zemun was a part of Belgrade. Shortly after the invasion and the air attacks on Belgrade, the German divisions entered Zemun on 12 April 1941. The following day a new city administration was formed which separated Zemun from Belgrade and made it part of the Independent State of Croatia.
- Access points: locations:
- Zemun
- Subject terms:
- Antisemitism
- Antisemitism--Antisemitic legislation
- Synagogues
- System of arrangement:
- The collection has been arranged.
- Finding aids:
- An inventory of the collection exists.
- Yerusha Network member:
- Historical Archives of Belgrade
- Author of the description:
- Dragana Mitrašinović; Historical Archives of Belgrade; 2020
