EVIDENCIJE O RATNOME STRADANJU REGISTRATURNE GRAĐE NA PODRUČJU TUZLANSKOG KANTONA
RECORDS ABOUT REGISTRY MATERIAL DAMAGED IN WAR IN THE TUZLA CANTON

Summary/Abstract: During those four years of aggression on the federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina immense quantities of registry material were destroyed, although the registry material as a movable cultural property is well protected under the provisions of both international and Bosnia and Herzegovina's legislation. The fate of archival materials as of works of the world's cultural inheritance, was greatly dependent upon the aggressors' war objectives which prescribed their affinity towards the archival materials. Furthermore, the registry material was destroyed following the various shapes of negligent manners of registry offices towards their own materials. According to the accumulated data during the aggression 50 per cent of registry material was destroyed as a direct consequence of aggression, while 50 per cent of registry materials was destroyed as a consequence of negligent and irresponsible manners of registry offices. 6200 meters of archival materials (35 per cent) and 30 150 meters of registry materials (34,22 per cent) was destroyed during the aggression in the area of Tuzla Canton. The greatest destruction of registry materials were in the municipalities and territories which were at the most immediate zone of the war activities. The Archives of city Tuzla has constantly been following the conditions during and after the aggression undertaking the numerous activities in order to preserve all of the registry materials that has been possible to preserve. Nevertheless insufficient understanding and uncongeniality of the importance of this assignment from the very owners are, under the conditions of the existing inconsistent archival legislation, the insurmountable obstacles for achieving the optimal protection of registry materials.

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