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International workshop “Celebrating Jewish Heritage in Serbia” was held on the 7th September 2023, in the National Library of Israel, Center for Slavic Cultures. The workshop is a part of At the source program organized by the National Library of Serbia with the main goal to trian professional archivists, librarians and museum curators how to…

Snežana Lazić and Jelena Mitrović Kocev, archival counselors in the Historical Archives of Belgrade were awarded the “Aleksandar Deroko” prize for their exhibition and catalogue “Architectural Culture of Interwar Belgrade” which was exhibited in the Ethnographic Museum in Belgrade in 2022. The first prize was equally awarded also to…

  Reporter of Beogradska Hronika/Belgrade Chronicles visited the Historical Archives of Belgrade on the 23rd August 2023.   The reporter Jelena Baranin with a cameraman Ivan Dimitrijevic, filmed a story about the development of tourism in Belgrade between the two wars. The story was told by Snezana Lazic, archival counselor and…

Two new editions of the Historical Archives of Belgrade are now available. Milivoje M. Kostić, Beograd u usponu After publications Uspon Beograda, which were published in 199 4 and in 2000, Mirjana Milenković and Zorica Smilović processed 59 new biographies of eminent Belgrade merchants and industrialists.   The publication includes…

The international conference proceedings Archives in Digital Environment: a Thematic Volume (ed. Ž. Vujošević, N. Porčić) was published in English language by the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Belgrade. The publication included a paper on the Digital Repository of the Historical Archives of Belgrade (T. Kovčić–S.…

Second grade students of the Secondary School for Tourism in New Belgrade together with their teacher Marijana Timotijevic, visited the Historical Archives of Belgrade on the 12th and 14th of June 2023.   The students had the opportunity to talk to Marko Peric, an archivist who told them the story on the Archives’ history and…

Senior year students from the Graphic and Media School – School for Creative Industries in Belgrade and their professor Marijana Timotijević, visited the Historical Archives of Belgrade on the 16th of May 2023.   Zorica Smilović, archival advisor from the Department for Publishing, Programs and International Cooperation, introduced the…

    The Remembering Hilda Dajč Award ceremony was held on May 7, 2023, at 2:00 p.m. in the ceremonial hall of the University Library “Svetozar Marković” in Belgrade. The award was established in 2022 to mark 80 years since the execution of 6500 Jewish prisoners of the camp Staro Sajmište in Belgrade. This recognition aims to…

The latest episode of the TV show Srcem kroz Ravnicu (Through the Plain Led by Heart) is dedicated to New Belgrade. One part of the episode was filmed in the Historical Archives of Belgrade, an important institution of culture situated on the territory of this municipality.   Mr Dragan Gačić, acting director of the Archives, presented…

Exhibition “The Archives of Serbia” was opened on the 22nd April 2023 in Čačak, the national capital of culture, in the premises of the Inter-municipal Historical Archives of Čačak.   The exhibition was created to mark 125 years since the first Law on the State Archives was proclaimed in 1898. In accordance with the law, the State…

Са великом тугом и болом 6. aприла 2023. опростили смо се од наше драге колегинице Гордане Димитријевић, дугогодишње секретарице директора.   Гордана Димитријевић рођена је 12. априла 1963.…

The Belgrade University and the City of Belgrade invite final year and master students to become a part of the 12th generation of the university program BG Praksa (Belgrade Internship) and seize the opportunity to gain professional experience.   This summer over 110 Belgrade city institutions and companies will organize a working practice…

Minister of Education of the Republic of Serbia Branko Ružić together with his associates Miloš Blagojević, assistant minister for secondary education and adults education, Milan Pašić, assistant minister for pre-school education and elementary education and dr Zlatko Grušanović, director of the Institute for the Improvement of Education,…

  To mark the 27th January – International Holocaust Remembrance Day we are offering you the opportunity to download for free publication Banjica Concentration Camp – Introduction to the Books of Evidence of Detainees in English language.   The publication includes works of Prof. Dr Milan Ristović, "Introduction to the Books…

  Exhibition “Architectural Culture in the Interwar Belgrade” by Snezana Lazic and Jelena Mitrovic Kocev, was opened on 21st December 2022 in the exhibition hall of the Ethnographic Museum in Belgrade.   Tijana Colak Antic, director of the Museum and Dragan Gacic, director of the Historical Archives of Belgrade, welcomed the…

Two-day conference If Not Then, Now. Memorialization of Staro Sajmiste Camp was held on the 14th and 15th December in the Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory of the University of Belgrade and in the premises of the Memorial Center “Staro Sajmiste”. Assistant director of the Historical Archives of Belgrade Slobodan Mandic participated in…

The workshop How to Use Digital Repository of the Historical Archives of Belgrade was held for the second time this year in the premises of the Archives on the 24th and 25th November 2022. This time the workshop was organized for senior students of the Department of History of the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade.   The…

Students of the Department of Oriental Studies of the Faculty of Philology, Department for Turkish Language and Literature visited the Historical Archives of Belgrade on the 23rd November 2022. The visit was organized with a goal to present to the students precious archival material in Ottoman language, which is a part of cultural heritage of…

The workshop How to Use the Digital Repository of the Historical Archives of Belgrade was held in the Belgrade Archives on the 26th October 2022. The 8th grade pupils of the Elementary School Radojka Lakić from Belgrade and their history teacher Miloš Brun participated in the workshop and without any difficulties solved all the assignments…

The Serbian Genealogical Association Društvo Srpskih Rodoslovaca Poreklo is a voluntary, non-government and non-profit citizens’ association, founded with the goal to preserve and treasure cultural and historical heritage of Serbian people.   To mark ten years of the Association, a charitable concert of Danica Crnogorčević was held on…

The Exhibition Architectural Heritage of Mihajlo Mitrović was opened in the Gallety of The City Library Vladislav Pertković Dis in Čačak, on the 7th October 2022, with the aim to mark 100 years since the birth of Mihajlo Mikica Mitrović, one of the most prominent Serbian architects in the world.   His life work included famous…

The Archival Society of Serbia organized International archival conference Mokra Gora 2022 from 5th - 7th October in Drvengrad. The first day of the conference was focused on the promotion of the conference proceedings Archival Material in the Theory and Practice (no. 5) and of the Bulletin of the Society Archival Messenger (no. 16). The Bulletin…

The City Hall of Subotica hosted International Archival Conference “The 15th Archival Day in Subotica“ , on the 29th September 2022. The official theme of the conference was “Archives, Institutions of Culture or…”   The conference was organized for the 15th time by the Historical Archives of Subotica. Ten selected papers were…

  Since June 2022, digital platform Yerusha (Israeli for inheritance), which represents on line catalogue of European Jewish archival inheritance, has been available for the audience. This platform was created in a joint effort of European, American and Israeli academic and heritage institutions. Jewish museums and libraries, state…

The workshop discussing the problems of legal actions against creators and holders of archival material, who do not fulfill their obligations required by law, was held in Novi Sad.   The workshop was moderated by Milena Popović Subić, archival advisor and head of the Legal Department of the Archives of Vojvodina. Mirjana Tukar, a judge…

Наша драга колегиница Јованка Веселиновић преминула је 30. јуна 2022. године у Београду. Рођена је 15. септембра 1949. године у Чачинцима (Хрватска). Дипломирала је на Катедри за историју…

Archivists of the Historical Archives of Belgrade Slobodan Mandić and Marko Perić participated in the convention organized by the International Center for Archival Research (ICARUS), which was held in Paris from 23rd to 25th of May 2022. The participants of the convention were informed on the latest events and results achieved in European…

Еxhibition Coats of Arms of the City of Belgrade and Belgrade Municipalities was presented in the entrance hall of the Historical Archives of Niš on the 19th of May 2022.The opening ceremony was enhances by Snežana Radović, director of the Historical Archives of Niš, Marko Perić, archivist and the autor of the exhibition and Jelena Nikolić,…

Ambassador of Israel to Serbia Yahel Vilan together with Lana Eraković, press officer of the Israeli Embassy in Belgrade, visited the Historical Archives of Belgrade on May 18th 2022. The visit was organized after the Archives had won Remembering Hilda Dajč award for 2022, for the work on the Jewish Digital Collection project. This award will be…

  In the University Library “Svetozar Marković” in Belgrade, on the 8th of May 2022, for the first time, the Remembering Hilda Dajč Award Ceremony was held. The ceremony was supported and enhanced by the presence and address of the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany, His Excellency Thomas Schieb, Ambassador of Israel, His…

Radio-Television of Serbia visited the Historical Archives of Belgrade to make a story on Jewish Digital Collection which was be broadcasted on the Morning Show. Journalist Biljana Bojković talked to Tijana Kovčić, an archivist and project coordinator, who presented the digital collection, its content and all possibilities that the search of…

The Historical Archives of Belgrade is nominated by the Foundation Remembering Hilda Dajč for the Remembering Hilda Dajč Award for outstanding contribution to the remembrance culture.   The Foundation Remembering Hilda Dajč was initiated by organizations Trraforming and Education for the 21st Century, with the aim to cherish, improve and…

Као и неколико претходних година и 2022. Историјски архив Београда се укључио у програм БР ПРАКСА.   Универзитет у Београду и Град Београд позивају студенте завршних година основних и…

On April the 1st 2022 the State Archives of Serbia began a training course for employees in the Historical Archives of Belgrade, for working in the unique information system for digitization, management and protection of archival holdings in the Republic of Serbia – ARHIS.   The expert committee of the State Archives, consisting of…

Archivists from the Historical Archives of Niš visited the Belgrade Archives on the 5th of April 2022. The archivists from Niš were welcomed by director Dragan Gačić and by assistant director Jelena Nikolić. Snežana Radović, director of the Historical Archives of Niš, donated to director Gačić a photograph of the city of Niš. The visit…

Exhibition Russian Emigration in Belgrade 1920-1950 was opened on the February 1st 2022 in the Russian Center for Science and Culture.   The visitors were greeted by Jevgenij Baranov, director of the Russian Center and by Dragan Gačić, director of the Historical Archives of Belgrade. The exhibition was opened by Goran Vesić, Deputy…

New exhibition of the Historical Archives of Belgrade Russian Emigration in Belgrade 1920–1950 will be opened for the audience on the February 1st in the Russian Center of Science and Culture.   After the revolution and the end of the Civil War in Russia in 1920/21, a great number of people were forced to leave Russia. The Kingdom of…

Digital Repository of the Historical Archives of Belgrade is an on line digital platform available since 2019. It enables the general public to search over one million digitized documents preserved in the Historical Archives of Belgrade. Digitized archival material is of great importance for the history of Serbian capital and its citizens. The…

Upon the initiative of the Working group for the protection of the archival material kept outside the Archives, the Archival Society of Serbia and the Historical Archives of Smederevo organized a meeting of the representatives of all archives in Serbia. The consolations were held on the 17th December 2021 in the Regional Center for Professional…

To mark 100 years since the death of king Petar I Karađorđević, the Historical Archives of Belgrade prepared a publication and an exhibition in the entrance hall of the Archives, presenting the most significant events in the life of the beloved Serbian king.   The life and reign of Petar Karađorđević were marked by the rivalry of…

Students of the Department of Oriental Studies of the Faculty of Philology, together with teaching assistant Irena Kolaj Ristanović visited the Historical Archives of Belgrade.   The students were introduced to the archival material created by the local administration of the Ottoman Empire preserved in several collections in the…

The international archival exhibition Exiles, Migratory Flows and Solidarity was realized within the project European Digital Treasury. It exhibited 47 documents preserved in various European archives, including one document of the Historical Archives of Belgrade – the document from 1791 which preserved the list of 48 Serbian families (157…

The International Archival Conference of the Archival Society of Serbia, in cooperation with the Archives of Vojvodina, and with the support of the Ministry of Culture and Information was organized in Novi Sad in the period from October 6 to 8, 2021. The conference was opened by Branisalv Maričić, the head of the cabinet of the minister of…

The Terraforming organization and the Archives of Vojvodina organized an international conference Microhistories and Archival Pedagogy on the 23rd September 2021. The conference was organized with a goal to discuss the possibilities of making available local histories to the interested users, the role of the local archives in the European…

The book Život bez kompromisa za umetnost i mir- Jelena Šantić eseji, zapisi, kometnari by Amra Latifić was presented within the Bitef Festival on Mira Trailović Square on the 17th September 2021. The participants in the presentation of the book were Milena Dragičević Šešić, Gordana Nikić, Marija Janković Šehović, Marija Cvetković…

The exhibition Jewish Camp Zemun created by Nenad and Milan Fogel and Milan Koljanin was opened on the 18th September 2021 in the Gallery of the Zemun Municipality Youth Office. The exhibition was created as a part of the manifestation European Heritage Days.   A part of this event was also an international conference Jewish Camp Zemun…

Historical Archives of Belgrade organized a workshop within the project Promotion of the Digital Repository of the Historical Archives of Belgrade on the 6th of August 2021 with the aim to provide opportunity for the archivists and librarians to exchange their experiences in digitization processes. The themes of the workshop were: •…

Тhe Historical Archives of Belgrade organized a meeting regarding the project Physical Condition of the Church Registers Preserved in the Serbian Archives оn the 1st of June 2021. The project was supported by the Ministry of Culture and Information. It will be implemented by the Archives of Vojvodina, which will be in charge for the church…

  The Historical Archives of Belgrade has finished the work on the Jewish Digital Collection, a database available online in Serbian and English language.   The collection was created with the idea to gather in one place all material preserved in the Historical Archives of Belgrade which is related to the life of Jewish community in…

Television crew of the Russian National Television NTV visited the Historical Archives of Belgrade on the 26th and 27th of April 2021.   The purpose of the visit was the documentary on the construction of the Temple of Saint Sava in Belgrade. The story of the temple was told by Professor Vojislav Milovanović and a part of selected…