Archiv města Brna

Reproduction services are offered by the Brno City Archives.  

The Brno City Archives contains over 1,300 holdings. The archival material held by the Archives relate to the following: - Local government offices in the city of Brno and surrounding communities dating from the 13th century until the present day (including extensive collections of parchment documents and official city books) - Courts and financial offices from the city of Brno - Brno craft guilds, societies and associations - Brno parish offices - Czech and German schools in the city of Brno, including education offices - Brno estates (including those outside the territory of the city of Brno, but which have been historically the property of the city) - Cultural, social and health offices from the city of Brno - City municipal companies and co-operatives (including agricultural co-operatives) Furthermore, the Brno City Archive contains written documents pertaining to certain important Brno citizens, an extensive photographic collection and postcards with Brno themes and also a collection of maps and plans related to the territory of the city of Brno. Of particular interest are the archives of the Tax administration of Brno-City I (1927 - 1949) which includes information about Jewish companies that were aryanized during the time of occupation and a collection of the names of Jewish emigrants who left the city and country between 1938 and 1940. The fonds Czech municipal school board in Brno also contains information about Jewish children attending public schools.  

Archival material has to be ordered on the basis of finding aids in the archives for the next open day of the reading room.