Metadata: District Office of Brno-venkov
Collection
- Country:
- Czechia
- Holding institution:
- State District Archives Brno-venkov located in Rajhrad
- Holding institution (official language):
- Státní okresní archiv Brno-venkov se sídlem v Rajhradě
- Postal address:
- Klášter 81, Rajhrad, 664 61
- Phone number:
- 00420 547 425 711
- Email:
- soka_brnovenkov@mza.cz
- Reference number:
- 1
- Title:
- District Office of Brno-venkov
- Title (official language):
- Okresní úřad Brno-venkov
- Creator/accumulator:
- District Office of Brno-venkov
- Date(s):
- 1778/1979
- Language:
- Czech
- German
- Extent:
- 318.26 linear metres
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
- The fonds contains documents of the political administration of the Brno-venkov (Brno Surroundings) District. Jews are mentioned in the following documents: registries and registry matters - the register of births in the Jewish community of Ivančice and the register of deaths of Ivančice 1849-1874; the register of births of the Jewish community of Lomnice and the index 1847-1874; Jewish registry matters 1874-1889; documents about the Max Sinaiberger and Sons Company, a tannery and soap factory in Ivančice 1886-1900; the Association of Jewish Women in Ivančice 1886-1950, the Jewish burial society Chevra Kadisha Ivančice 1898-1948. Census - census records of the judicial district of Ivančice: 1869 Ivančice-Jews, Dolní Kounice, Jews, among others; 1880: Ivančice-Jews, Dolní Kounice, among others. Jews; 1890: Ivančice-Jews, Dolní Kounice, Jews, among others; 1900 Ivančice II, Dolní Kounice, Jews, among others; 1910: Ivančice-Jews, Dolní Kounice-Jews, 1921: Ivančice, Dolní Kounice. Census - census records of the Judicial District of Tišnov: 1869: Lomnice-Jewish community, 1880 Lomnice-Jewish community, 1890 Lomnice-Jewish community. In the presidium files of the district office one can find general documents about the circulation and seizure of antisemitic leaflets, articles and brochures (1881, 1882, 1888, 1889, 1896), the seizure of articles about ritual murders (1900, 1901), a request of the Jewish political community of Ivančice for permission to organise a ball in the Christian part of the town (1886), and a petition against Russian Jews (1887). Documents relating to the holocaust include: Security matters: a certificate of Aryan origin, refugees, residence permits, notifications of Jewish property, the refugee camp in Ivančice 1939-1942; Constitutional issues: seizure of Jewish property 1940-1942; labeling Jews, Jewish businesses, notifications of Jewish property 1940-1943; presidium files: emigrants of Jewish nationality (1938), provocations against Jews (1938), Jews’ border crossing (1939), a ban on Jews to attend sports events (1940), damaging synagogues (1942), imprisonment of a policeman for helping Jews in Theresienstadt (1942 ), a regulation governing the relations of the population and the Jews (1939-1944). Attention should also be paid to documents concerning domicile right and citizenships, the land registry of associations, religious and educational matters, and foundations.
- Archival history:
- A part of the fonds with the pre-1902 files was transferred to the Moravian Provincial Archives, where it was arranged in 1958. From there it was transferred to the State District Archives Brno-venkov in 1960. A part of the fonds with the files dating from after 1903 was stored at the District National Committee Brno-venkov from where it was transferred to the State District Archives Brno-venkov in 1963. This part was arranged in 1968-1975, and a catalogue of the presidium files was also compiled.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- The Bezirkshauptmannschaft (district head office) in Brno was established as the lowest instance of the state political administration after 1848. In 1855, the political and judicial administrations of the first instance were merged and the Bezirksamt (political and judicial district office) was established in Brno. In 1868, the Bezirkshauptmannschaft in Brno was re-established for the political administration of the judicial districts of Brno-okolí, Tišnov and Ivančice. In 1896, the Bezirkshauptmannschaft in Tišnov was separated. In 1919, it was given the name of the District Political Administration Brno and in 1927, the District Office Brno-venkov. In 1942, the territory of the district of Tišnov was attached to it. The administration of the fonds creator included, in 1848-1855 and 1868-1945, the Jewish communities in Dolní Kounice and Ivančice; in 1848-1855, 1867-1896 and 1942-1945, those in Lomnice u Tišnova. In 1945, the office was transformed into the District National Committee Brno-venkov.
- Access points: locations:
- Brno
- Dolní Kounice
- Ivančice
- Tišnov
- Subject terms:
- Antisemitism
- Antisemitism--Antisemitic propaganda
- Antisemitism--Antisemitic publications
- Antisemitism--Racial laws
- Blood libel
- Census records
- Citizenship
- Education
- Hevrah kadisha
- Holocaust
- Jewish community
- Jewish community records
- Jewish-Christian relations
- Land registries
- Manufacturing
- Migration
- Migration--Emigration
- Plunder
- Refugees
- Residency issues of Jews
- Trade and commerce
- Trade and commerce--Clothing and textile trade
- Vital records
- Vital records--Birth records
- Vital records--Death records
- System of arrangement:
- The files of the fonds are divided into several main periods within which they are arranged in subject groups. Information relevant to Jewish history can be found especially in the subject groups of the following periods: 1855-1904: D - Religious and educational issues; J - Police issues. 1905-1927: II. Census, citizenship, domicile, community and poverty issues; V. Religion, marriage, and registry matters; X. Issues of water management, road construction, and house building; XIV. Press, passports, and association issues; XV. Foundations and scholarships. 1928-1942: III/4 Religion and foundation issues; III/5 Education and public awareness issues; III/6 Security matters. 1942-1945: I. Constitutional matters; III. Security; IV. Associations and assemblies; VII. Education, culture, and religion matters.
- Access, restrictions:
- The collection is only partly accessible.
- Finding aids:
- Příleská H, Štarha I: Okresní úřad Brno-venkov (1778) 1850-1945 (1952). Inventář, 1978, 257s., ev.č. 3.; Kavalcová M: Okresní úřad Brno-venkov-Presidiální spisy 1855-1902, sv. 1.. Katalog, 1971, 483 s., ev.č. 1.; Kavalcová M, Příleská H, Štarha I: Okresní úřad Brno-venkov-Presidiální spisy 1918-1945, sv. 2.
- Yerusha Network member:
- Jewish Museum Prague
- Author of the description:
- JMP Survey, 2015.
