Documentation from the Historical Archive of the City of Sombor (Istorijski arhiv Sombor), Serbia, 1941-1945
Documentation from the Historical Archive of the City of Sombor (Istorijski arhiv Sombor), Serbia, 1941-1945
Various documents from 1941 and 1944:
Municipal certificates (work licenses); school certificates; registration of members of the Jewish faith; birth certificates; decrees regarding criminal matters; official confirmation regarding poverty status; letters of invitation from the Jewish community to the municipal prefecture; dismissals of residents from their work in industry; census forms in alphabetical order (including members of the Roma Tribe); census of Jews; death records; reports by coroners; personal applications to the tax authorities; tax certificates; list of craftsmen and merchants; list of licensed dealers; request for a report regarding business premises rented by Jews; announcement regarding Jewish owned business; documents regarding sale and purchase transactions; wearing of the yellow badge by Jews; distribution of sugar ration cards to Jews; supply of matzot to Jews; dissolution of Jewish organizations; transfer of the stock of merchandise of Jewish merchants; requests for the takeover of Jewish shops, distribution of Jewish owned supplies and commercial premises; publication of movable property found in Jewish apartments; recognition of property taken from the Jews of Sombor (cash and valuables); prohibition against the purchase of grain; dissolution of Zionist organizations;
Included in the collection are documents related to the election of László Endre (a right-wing politician and collaborator with the Nazis during the war) as an honorary citizen of Mélykút for his anti-Jewish activities, and for cases dealing with the organized handling of Jewish property and real estate, regarding property that remained there following the deportation of the Jews; announcements and documents related to Jewish owned real estate; distribution of Jewish owned radio equipment that was used by Jews; demand for Jewish property by residents whose property was damaged due to air-raids; suspension of the restitution of public debts owed to Jews; declaration regarding the withdrawal and confiscation of cash from Jews; appeals by Jews regarding military service; call to labor service; searches for Jewish draftees who escaped from military service; documents regarding draftees (special provision for Jews); order regarding military assistance for Jewish laborers; documents regarding POWs; regulations regarding the supply of food to Jews in military facilities, and other documentation;
List of original documents from which copies were made:
F 110: Zombori – Sombor
F 112: Apatin – Apatin
F 113: Bács – Bač
F 114: Gombos – Bogojevo
F 115: Kerény – Krnjaja
F 116: Bácskertes – Kupusina
F 117: Szond – Sonta
F 118: Őrszállás – Stanišić
F 119: Sztapár – Stapar
F 120: Nemesmilitics – Svetozar Miletić
F 121: Szilágyi – Svilojevo
F 122: Bácsgyulafalva – Telečka
F 123: Vajszka – Vajska
F 124: Bácsmonostor (Monostorszeg) – Bački Monoštor
F 127: Zombori – Sombor
F 132: Apatin's district – Apatin Sresko načelstvo
F 322: Újszivác – Novi Sivac
F 540: Béreg – Bački Breg