Državna realna gimnazija Tuzla

Državna realna gimnazija Tuzla 

The State Gymnasium Tuzla 

Državna realna gimnazija Tuzla 

The State Gymnasium Tuzla 

67 boxes, 178 books 

The Gymnasium in Tuzla was formed in 1899 and always had significant number of Jewish students as well as Jewish teachers. It was one of the oldest and prestigious high schools in the country. The fond contains general documentation, personnel dossiers, yearly reports, minutes from exams, grades and class presence of students, dates and places of birth, names of student's parents, profession/job of parents, home addresses, religion and nationality of students, notes on transfers to another school or town, diseases, etc. While it gives details about operation of the school during World War 2 and the fate of Jewish teachers and students can be followed, it also gives data about earlier students that lived and gained education in Tuzla before the Holocaust.