Written by: Srećko Ignjatović
We present the record in the registry (JDŽ/HDŽ 1941-1945, unpublished collection), which is located in the National Archives of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Sarajevo, listing the workers employed in the boiler rooms of Sarajevo, Alipašin Most, Podlugovi, and Višegrad under the Directorate of the Croatian State Railways in Sarajevo, May 1941. The list was compiled based on a telegram order from the Ministry of Homeland Defense – Railway Department.
The total number of workers registered as of the census day is 812. The census record includes a written confirmation of sworn allegiance, that is, national affiliation. Specifically, the “Law of April 10, 1941, on the Oath of Loyalty to the State of Croatia” and the “Legal Provision on Citizenship,” or national affiliation, were enacted. All registered individuals who declared their religious affiliation as “Roman Catholic” or “Islam” identified ethnically as “Croats,” while those who declared as “Orthodox” identified as having “Serbian” nationality.
The list includes one “Protestant” and three “Jewish” faiths, specifically:
- Elijan A. Ernestina, born 01.02.1894 in Bosanska Gradiška, worker, locomotive depot Sarajevo (entry no. 140),
- Maestro G. Avram, born 09.04.1897 in Sarajevo, tinsmith, locomotive depot Sarajevo (entry no. 326),
- Grenfrid H. Rikard, born 19.12.1913 in Sarajevo, locomotive driver, locomotive depot Sarajevo (entry no. 373),
- Kamhi M. David, born 30.01.1912 in Sarajevo, carriage inspector, locomotive depot Višegrad (entry no. 686).
Readers who, for any reason, know that their great-grandfathers, grandfathers, and fathers worked for the railway might find them on this list.
We remind you that the list begins with the first letter of the last name (alphabetical order, A-Z) and ends at number 579. From number 580 to 638, there is a ‘new’ list from A-Z, and again from 639 to 732, a ‘new’ list.
Attached list – Source: ABH Sarajevo, JDŽ 1941. box 77, protocol no. 19744/1941.
This modest research paper, which we present through this article, concludes with our sincere thanks to the staff at the Bosnia and Herzegovina Archive in Sarajevo, whose assistance in recommending the use of available library and archival materials was essential.
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