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J. Kolanović, Holocaust in Croatia - Documentation and research perspectives, Arh. vjesn., god. 39(1996) str. 157-174 According to a Decree of April 30, 1941, a Racial and Political Directorate was established within the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MUP NDH) with a task of preparing proposals and drafts of law and collecting opinions regarding racial policy. In 1942, the Department of Racial Policy worked within the newly established Chief Directorate for the Administration of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. On January 21, 1943, the Ustasha Supervisory Office was finally abolished and the Chief Directorate for Public Order and Safety took over the duties of the Protection Office, intelligence and defence. The Jewish Section and Department of Camp Administration were established within the Directorate at the end of 1942. The material contains records of applications for recognition of Aryan rights, requests to be released from the obligatory wearing of Jewish identification, requests for permission of marriages between Aryans and non Aryans, issuance of work permits. Records on Jews in a camp on the island of Rab in 1943. 2.1.6. MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES. THE HEAD DIRECTORATE FOR SOCIAL SERVICES AND SOCIAL WELFARE (MU) - ZAGREB (1941-1945); 1941-1945: 24 boxes, about 23,000 pages. App. 5 per cent of the material relates to the Jewish issue. The Ministry of Health and Social Services was founded on June 24, 1941. The Head Directorate had within its jurisdiction, among other things, the supervision of work and workers institutions and mediation between employers and workers and in official disputes. The material contains records on issuance of work permits to Jewish officials in Našice factory, ceding of Jewish buildings to workers in Ilok, regulation of Jewish pension rights. 2.1.7. MINISTRY OF STATE TREASURY. THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE PROPERTY, MISAPPROPRIATIONS AND DEBTS. THE OFFICE FOR NATIONALIZED PROPERTY (REVISION) -ZAGREB (1941-1945): 1941-1945: 751 sheaves, about 720,000 pages. App. 50 per cent of the material relates to the Jewish issue. The Ministry of State Treasury was founded on June 24, 1941. The office for nationalized property was founded on January 14, 1942. Within its jurisdiction were various activities concerning appropriation and administration of residential buildings, estates and other Jewish properties. The documentation on Jewish property is divided into five series. The First Series, or General Documents, contains documents of confiscation of Jewish property in 1941. 1941-1945: 21 sheaves of separated material regarding Jewish property, 298 sheaves of material including other citizens of the Independent State of Croatia. 166