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T. Mušnjak, The protection of archival material in war conditions, Arh. vjesn., god. 37 (1994) str. 79-86 Tatjana Mušnjak Hrvatski državni arhiv Marulićev trg 21 Zagreb THE PROTECTION OF ARCHIVAL MATERIAL IN WAR CONDITIONS UDK930.251(497.5)"1991" Stručni članak Autorica u svojem radu opisuje postupke i metode spašavanja arhivske grade tijekom domovinskoga rata, što su bile preporučene svim institucijama koje čuvaju arhivsku gradu (arhivi, knjižnice, muzeji, vjerske organizacije i dr.) u Republici Hrvatskoj

. The work of archives and the other institutions which possess archival material (museums, libraries, religious organizations etc.) has to be centered completely to actions which will assure physical and technical protection of material, namely their saving in the case of war destruction. Therefore it is necessary to begin immediately with an evacuation of the most valuable material to saferooms inside the building of the institution or outside of it. The chosen place must be shell-proof, dry and safe against fire and flood. Since we are already at the war, we must fully analyze all possible dangers for material during a transportation to a new location before we decide to evacuate. If a job is too risky, one does not need to insist on the evacuation. The first task of all institutions possessing material is microfilming of inventories and the other finding aids unless it was not done before. Xerox copies can be made if possibilities of microfilming do not exist. Inventories and their copies must be dislocated and separated from archival material. Microfilms of record groups and collections shot for security and protection purposes must be also dislocated and separated from material immediately. Archival treasure can be destroyed deliberately or stolen in war conditions (fire can 79