Arhiva aktuelnosti - Историјски архив Београда

International Center for Archival Research (ICARUS) organized 18th regular network meeting in Budapest from 17th until 19th October 2016, with a goal to consolidate cooperation and participation in international projects of the institutions involved in preservation and promotion of archival material.

Special segment of the meeting was dedicated to the Hungaricana project, a mutual Web site of Hungarian libraries and archives presenting complete cultural heritage of Hungary.

Historical Archives of Belgrade, an ICARUS member since 2014, was represented on the meeting by Slobodan Mandić, Assistant Director, Sector for processing and use of archival material and Zorica Netaj, senior archivist, Head of the Department for programs, publication and use of archival material and international cooperation.

Details: Category: Arhiva aktuelnosti; Hits: 18443

Historical Archives of Belgrade has set up an exhibition Tourism in Belgrade between the Two World Wars to mark the 80th anniversary since Belgrade was declared a tourist destination, with a goal to demonstrate the development of tourism in Belgrade between the two world wars. Special attention was on the Rule Book on tourist destinations in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and on the Decree of the Minister of Tourism and Commerce declaring Belgrade a tourist destination on 22 December 1936.

The exhibition author Snežana Lazić exhibited the documents from collections and legacies perserved in the Historical Archives of Belgrade, representing all aspects of tourism: general resources, development of the raod infrastructure, tourism promotion, development of cultural tourism, visitors etc.

The exhibition will be officially opened on Wednesday 26th October 2016 at 14:30 on the Sava Promenade, Kalemegdan park by Ivona Jeftić, Secretary for Culture in the Secretariat for Culture of the City of Belgrade and by Miodrag Popović, director of the Tourist Organization of Belgrade.
The exhibition was supported by the Secretariat for Culture of the City of Belgrade and Tourist Organization of Belgrade.

Details: Category: Arhiva aktuelnosti; Hits: 17209

Third manifestation within the project Escalating into Holocaust - from Execution Squads to the Gas Van of Sajmište: Two Defining Phases of the Holocaust in Serbia was held in Amsterdam on 21st September 2016. The leading organization in this international project is Historical Archives of Belgrade.

International conference was held in the conference room of NIOD (Dutch Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies) gathering representatives of partnering organizations, international experts for Holocaust and numerous spectators. The conference consisted of two sessions. It was opened by introductory lecture on the project, followed by Sajmište camp historical backgound lecture of Dr Milan Koljanin, presentation of Sajmište victims database presented by Vladimir Mijatović from Historical Archives of Belgrade and presentation of exhibition October 1941 presented by Nikola Radić Lucati from Center for Holocaust Research and Education.
In the second session dedicated to the education on Holocaust, lecturers were held by Miško Stanišić from Teraforming, Dr Erik Somers from NIOD and Casern Dosin, history professor from Brussels University. (read more)

The project was financed by Executive Agency for Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). The project was also supported by Ministry of Culture and Information of the Republic of Serbia and City Administration of the City of Belgrade – Secretariat for Culture.

More details on the project on http://www.arhiv-beograda.org/holokaust/manifestacija-u-amsterdamu/

Details: Category: Arhiva aktuelnosti; Hits: 16514

Forth manifestation within the project Escalating into Holocaust - from Execution Squads to the Gas Van of Sajmište: Two Defining Phases of the Holocaust in Serbia was held in Kragujevac on 19st October 2016.
International conference held in the conference room of the Memorial Park October in Kragujevac consisted of three sessions with panel discussions with international and Serbian experts. Discussion was concentrated on three topics:
Execution Squads in Serbia - Escalating into Holocaust
Intolerance That Facilitated Holocaust - Consequences for Post-War Europe
Europe 70 Years after the Holocaust and Other Mass Crimes Committed By Nazis and their Helpers - The Role of Remembrance and Education (conference program)

TV Kragujevac report on the conference

Details: Category: Arhiva aktuelnosti; Hits: 17369

On 11 August 2016 Historical Archives of Belgrade was visited by the TV crew from the show Trezor with the author and editor Bojana Andrić, who is preparing a special project dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the BITEF festival.

On this occasion TV crew filmed the part of the repository preserving the archival material of the BITEF fonds and personal fonds of Jovan Ćirilov.

A part of particularly interesting documentation – documents, photographs, catalogues, biltens, posters and leaflets from the BITEF fonds were selected.