District Office of Říčany

Collection

Holding institution (official language):: Státní okresní archiv Praha-východ se sídlem v Přemyšlení

Creator/accumulator:: District Office of Říčany; District Office of Praha-venkov-jih, Říčany Branch; Okresní správa politická Říčany; District Political Administration Žižkov, Říčany Branch

Scope and content:: The fonds comprises documents of the District Office in Říčany. It includes materials from the period of the mixed political-judicial district in 1855-68. Most of the other material comes from 1923-42. The material is divided into 2 handling periods,1923-30 and 1931-42. The fonds contains official books, file material, accounting material, and others.

Explicit mentions of Jews can be found in the following documents: inv. no. 411 Abolition of the Jewish religious community (Strančice) 1934-1939; inv. no. 420 Records of foreigners, permitting travel to Jews, dissolution of summer camps 1939-1942; inv. no. 454 Reports on Jewish property [567] 1940; inv. no. 454 Reports on of Jewish property [567] 1940; inv. no. 454 Trade establishments, trade associations, fire inspections of enterprises, Jewish trades 1940-1942; religious matters - inv. no. 408 Religious and ecclesiastical matters, cemetery regulations - persons of Jewish origin baptised before 1875, cemetery fees, cemetery list; 1873-1942 (box 233); inv. no. 410 Religious conversion (box 235).

Jews are also explicitly mentioned in presidium files (1923-1942), specifically, Forced labour; Jewish shops and businesses; restrictions on free movement; Jews of Polish nationality; regulation of the contact between the Jews and other people; ban on entry to the museum and other cultural and scientific institutions.

Archival history:: The material is in fragments, especially in the first handling period. It was caused by losses during moving. The fonds began to be taken over by the District Archives of Říčany in 1952. Later it was taken over by the District Archives of Praha-východ. The fonds was organised and inventoried.

Administrative/biographical history:: In 1848, a municipal administration was established. The town was headed by the municipal council with the mayor. A new judicial district was established in Říčany in 1850, and a political district was established in 1855, with the exception of the period of 1855-68, when there was a mixed political-judicial district office. It was part of the district governor's office in Jílové, later in Český Brod, Žižkov, and Praha-Okolí. The district governor's office was renamed in 1918 as the district political administration. The district governors were at the head of the district political administrations. In 1942, the District Office was abolished, only the judicial district remained, being annexed to the District Office of Praha-venkov-jih.

Subject terms:: Antisemitism; Antisemitism--Antisemitic legislation; Cemeteries; Conversion to Christianity; Forced labour (of Jews); Trade and commerce

System of arrangement:: The fonds is divided into: I. Official books, II. File material (containing census sheets), III. Accounting books, IV. Other material (maps, plans, stamps, seal matrixes), V. Associated agenda of the district office.

Finding aids:: Kolektiv: Okresní úřad Říčany - presidiální spisy, SV.3., (rejstřík) 15.3.1939-1.6.1942 (15.8.1942). Catalogue, 1970, 121p., Inv. No. 44.;

Bilkovský M.: Okresní úřad Říčany, katalog presidiálních spisů, SV. II, 1.1.1923-14.3.1939. Catalogue, 1972, 142p., Inv. No. 47.;

Bilkovský M.: Okresní úřad Říčany-katalog presidiálních spisů, SV.3., 1939-1942. Catalogue, 1973, 22p., Inv. No. 48.;

Michálek I.: Okresní úřad Říčany (1853) 1855-1942 (1958). Inventory, 2016, 98p., Inv. No. 412.