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During 2018 Historical Archives of Belgrade published several editions containing significant archival material preserved in our numerous fonds and collections.
As a part of manifestation Days of Belgrade 2019, new editions will be presented on April 17th in the Roman Hall of the Belgrade City Library: Mirjana Obradovic, Guide through Legacies, Personal and Family Fonds of Historical Archives of Belgrade; Natalija Arandjelovic, The Diary 1915-1918; group of authors, The First World War – Thematic Guide through Fonds and Collections of Historical Archives of Belgrade; Vesna Lekic Popovic, Bibliography of the First World War – Library Fund of Historical Archives of Belgrade; group of authors, Victims of Jewish Camp Zemun.

Publications were presented and discussed by professor Dr Milan Ristovic, Dr Milan Koljanin, Nada Petrovic, archival councilor, and MA Dragan Gacic, director of the Historical Archives of Belgrade.

Guide through Legacies, Personal and Family Fonds of Historical Archives of Belgrade, Mirjana Obradovic
Publication presents 56 legacies, personal and family fonds preserved in the Historical Archives of Belgrade. The legacies kept in the Archives were created by prominent families and individuals, public figures from political, cultural or scientific life. Their work and influences in political and social life in Belgrade in 19th and 20th century is documented in archival material. The purpose of this publication, of this informative aid, is to inform experts and researches as well as future archive material users, about creators of the fonds and legacies and about variety of archival material preserved in the Archives.

Natalija Arandjelovic, Diary 1915-1918, Jelena Mitrovic Kocev, Marko Peric, Slobodan Mandic
Diary of Natralija Arandjelovic, a Belgrade citizen and a wife of Nikola J. Arandjelovic, Serbian officer, is a rare and valuable document testifying about everyday life, sufferings and surviving of a family in tormenting years in occupied Serbia in WWI. Besides events occurring in the city and information arriving from distant frontlines, Natalija writes about her own feelings for her husband, her children, her country disappearing in war and her life under occupation authorities. She is also discussing position of a woman in society and in family.

The First World War – Thematic Guide through Fonds and Collections of Historical Archives of Belgrade, group of authors
For the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the First World War, a group of archivists of the Historical Archives of Belgrade conducted a thorough research with a goal to register all records preserved in the Archives that are related to the First World War. Results of the research are available online in a digital form of the thematic guide that is now being presented in paper. Archival material processed in this publication is classified in fonds and collections and it represents primary source for the researchers and all records gather together illustrate life from 1914 until 1918.

Bibliography of the First World War in the Library Fund of the Historical Archives of Belgrade, Vesna Lekic Popovic
Bibliography provides to all researchers an insight on how much it has been written about the First World War, considering the specific literature kept in the library fund of the Historical Archives of Belgrade. The bibliography contains editions published during WWI, between the two wars and editions published after the Second World War, from 1945 until 2017.

Camp Sajmiste – Victims of Jewish Camp Zemun, Jelena Jovanovic, Tijana Kovcic, Vladimir Mijatovic, Jelena Nikolic
Edition Camp Sajmiste – Victims of Jewish Camp Zemun gathers for the first time in one place names of Jewish and Roma victims perished in camp Sajmiste, identified in the research of archival material preserved in the Historical Archives of Belgrade. This edition is to remind once again about horrific crime committed against one nation. Research results are also available in an on line database on Escalating into Holocaust project presentations.

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On March 28th 2019 in the period from 8 AM until 2 PM, Historical Archives of Belgrade will be without electricity due to works on the electrical grid supplying the Archives’ building.

Since we will not be able to provide electricity necessary for work on computer network, photocopy machines, lights, heat etc, we will not be able to organize our everyday activities and answer our users’ usual requests.

So we are informing you that on Thursday, March 28th 2019 Historical Archives of Belgrade will be closed for visitors. On Friday March 29th Historical Archives of Belgrade will have usual working hours.

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Member of the City Council Dr Fadilj Eminovic, Senior councilor in the Secretariat for Culture Andrija Bojanic and several media representatives visited Historical Archives of Belgrade on February 21^st 2019. They were introduced to the activities, projects and important archival material kept in the Historical Archives of Belgrade, as well as reconstruction works in the repository.

Visitors together with Director of the Historical Archives of Belgrade Dragan Gacic came to the conclusion that current activities of the Archives concerning digitization of Citizens Card Register, Holocaust records and Church registers are in accordance with priorities of the Government of the Republic of Serbia.

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Historical Archives of Belgrade has published four new editions:

The First World War – Thematic Guide through Fonds and Collections of Historical Archives of Belgrade, group of authors
Bibliography of the First World War in the Library Fund of the Historical Archives of Belgrade, Vesna Lekic Popovic
Natalija Arandjelovic, Diary 1915-1918, Jelena Mitrovic Kocev, Marko Peric, Slobodan Mandic
Camp Sajmiste – Victims of Jewish Camp Zemun, Jelena Jovanovic, Tijana Kovcic, Vladimir Mijatovic, Jelena Nikolic

Book promotion will be organized on Wednesday 17^th April 2019 at 1 PM in the Roman Hall of the Library of the City of Belgrade.

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Dear visitors of Historical Archives of Belgrade,

On Friday, February 8^th 2019, reconstruction works of Historical Archives of Belgrade’s repository will be initiated. Deadline for this work is 6 months.

Unlike other archival institutions, Historical Archives of Belgrade will not interrupt everyday activities and will stay open for citizens’ requests.

However, because of specific reconstruction works, in certain situations, we will not be able to respect the Archives’ regulations on conditions, aspects and procedures in archival material use. Also, indicated deadlines for issuing stamped copies, copies of technical documentation and certificates on employment will be delayed in some cases.

In case working hours of Reading Room and Registry Office should change, it will be announced in time.

For all other information you can contact us on 011/2606-336.