About EHRI-HR

Top-quality research on the Holocaust is essential for informed discussions about Croatian, European, and global modern history, as well as for understanding the risks and mechanisms of racism and genocide in their various forms. The European Holocaust Research Infrastructure (EHRI) connects collections and sources divided by borders and languages, promotes digital methods, and supports researchers. The Croatian national office of EHRI serves as a gateway to EHRI services and community and as a guide for Holocaust research in the Republic of Croatia.

The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences is part of the University of Zagreb, which is the oldest in Croatia, and one of the oldest in Europe. The Faculty Humanities and Social Sciences is the oldest and largest Croatian scientific and higher education institution in the humanities and social sciences. The Faculty maintains different BA and MA programs which are organised within 23 departments and 108 chairs.
The Chair of Jewish and Holocaust Studies was established in 2006 and since 2012 has been offering of undergraduate and graduate studies in Jewish studies and is the only one of its kind in the Republic of Croatia.

Croatian Institute of History is successor of the Institute for Contemporary History and Institute for the History of the Workers’ Movement which was founded in 1961. Institute’s scholars preform comprehensive research and elaborate analyses regarding better understanding of Croatian history in the wider regional and European context, covering the periods from the early Middle Ages to contemporary history. Croatian Institute of History is located in the palace in Opatička 10 in Zagreb.

The Croatian State Archives, the central and parent archival institution, preserves, protects, professionally processes and makes archival materials available for use. More than 29,000 linear metres of materials are distributed in 2,150 archival funds and collections created by the activities of central bodies of state administration and the judiciary, educational, cultural, health and military institutions, as well as the activities of prominent individuals and families and the Croatian diaspora.
Special units include the collection of photographs of the HDA Photo Archive, which contains more than 1,750,000 photographs of various forms and techniques, and the Micro Archive with more than 10 million recordings of documents from various institutions in Croatia and the world. The Croatian Film Archive preserves the national film heritage, the collection of foreign films and accompanying film and audiovisual materials. Documents, documents, contracts, minutes, manuscripts, civil registers, land registers, cadastral maps and registers, graphics, maps, plans and other various documents are testimony to the centuries-old tradition of caring for archival heritage in the present-day territory of Croatia and are an irreplaceable source for studying and understanding national history, culture and social life. The HDA library, which has been systematically collecting archival literature, historical sources, official publications and other relevant sources since the second half of the 19th century, contains more than 160,000 volumes and is one of the most valuable special libraries in Croatia.

The Croatian History Museum, with the fundamental task of preserving and communicating the national historical heritage, collects, preserves, and scholarly processes material evidence of Croatian history, systematizes museum collections, information and documentation about them, and through contemporary museum presentations documents and interprets the history of the Croatian people and the peoples living within the current borders of Croatia in the context of European social events from the Early Medieval period to the present day. In an interdisciplinary, complex research of original museum material, the Croatian History Museum collects information and generates knowledge about the past of Croatia for the purpose of responsible articulation and comprehensive museological presentation of Croatian history. The heritage preserved in the holdings of the Croatian History Museum determines this museum as a specialized historical national museum that carries out museum activities in the territory of the Republic of Croatia and has museum materials and documentation of particular significance for the Republic of Croatia as part of the national and general human heritage. The Croatian History Museum is the carrier of the implementation of the primary activity of the first level for historical museums, collections and materials for the territory of the Republic of Croatia.