Ratni arhiv i muzej Nezavisne Države Hrvatske

U članku se na temelju arhivskoga gradiva izlažu dosad sporadično obrađivane ili sasvim nepoznate okolnosti osnutka i funkcioniranja Ratnoga arhiva i muzeja Nezavisne Države Hrvatske. Redom se prezentiraju i obrađuju: politička i muzeološka podloga osnutka institucije, njezina pravna regulativa i radno ustrojstvo, prostori djelovanja s naglaskom na svečano otvaranje i planove za podizanje nove zgrade, zatim popis stalnih i honorarnih djelatnika i članova odbora, načini prikupljanja muzejske i arhivske građe te odnos prema kulturnoj politici Nezavisne Države Hrvatske. This paper discusses unexplored and as yet only slightly explored aspects of the activities of the War Archive and the Museum of the Independent State of Croatia. The initial part of the paper introduces the context of war at the time, i.e. the context of the foundation of the institution with emphasis on potential international models such as the Museum of Military History in Vienna. The organization of this specific archive and museum is discussed on the basis of the rules and regulations (Directives of the Museum of Military History, War Archive, Regulations of the War Archive and the Museum) on the basis of unpublished archival sources and as well as of the documentation of the War Archive and the Museum of the Independent State of Croatia (stored in the Croatian State Archives and the Croatian History Museum in Zagreb). The analysis is particularly focused on the military role of the staff, i.e. on the role of the Ministry of the Croatian Home Guard (after the Ministry of Armed Forces) of the Independent State of Croatia which operated as a cultural institution within the hierarchical framework of the War Archive and the Museum. Further, special attention is paid to work systematisation, i.e. the administrative section of the institution, as regards departments and the role of the management, professional staff and advisory councils in the way they operate. The issues of separating archival and museum activities in theory and in practice as concerns collecting and inventorying are highlighted as distinct phenomena. The latter is also concerned with accommodation issues (first at Krešimir Square and afterwards at Jesuit Square in Zagreb) with emphasis on a lack of exhibition space and suitable external storage facilities in wartime conditions. In line with this we publish a draft for the unaccomplished construction of the War Archive and the Museum of the Independent State of Croatia at th