A collection of photographs of Refugee camp in El Shatt

The photographs document the lives of people in the camp in El Shatt, including women who were forced to leave their homes because of the war. The most significant part of the collection is made up of portraits of people in the camp, medical interventions, the work of fine artists, newspaper publishing, cultural events and the large exhibition of Yugoslav Folk Art and Crafts held in Cairo at the end of 1944. Some photos illustrate the cemetery in El Shatt and graves, and several photos document individual districts of the refugee camp.

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Original source name : Zbirka fotografija Zbjeg u El Shattu
English translation : A collection of photographs of Refugee camp in El Shatt
Creator : Administration
Document- type 2 : photograph
Reference number : HR-HDA-1737
Language(s) : Croatian
Geographical coverage : Croatia
Time range : 20thc.
Year(s) : 1944 - 1946
Theme 1 : experience of migration
Theme 2 : war and displacement
Link to the item in the catalogue : https://hais.arhiv.hr/HDA/trazilica/arhivsko-gradivo/pregledaj/8ae94489-fa94-4863-b5b0-972f2a1f0179
Publication(s) : Bieber, Florian. 2020. "Building Yugoslavia in the Sand? Dalmatian Refugees in Egypt, 1944–1946." Slavic Review 79 (2): 298–323.

Archive name : Hrvatski državni arhiv
Archive name (English) : Croatian State Archives
Archive address : Trg Marka Marulića 21, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
City : Zagreb
Country : Croatia
Official website and institutional resources : http://www.arhiv.hr/en-gb/
Finding aid(s) : https://hais.arhiv.hr/HDA/

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