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The Croatian Encyclopedia (Encyclopaedia Croatica) is the Croatian national and general encyclopedia. From 1941 to 1945, five of the planned twelve volumes were published. The chief editor was Mate Ujević.

The first idea for starting the encyclopedia was given by Dragutin Stjepan Schulhof,[1] the majority owner of the then largest Croatian graphic and newspaper publishing company Tipografija d.d. In 1938, he

Ujević accepted the initiative, all the more so because Schulhof made the initial capital and capacities of his printing press available. In the preparatory activities, the purpose of the Encyclopedia was determined, which will be general and not only Croatian. As for its Croatian aspect, it should be a synthetic overview of the entire nation as a spiritual entity and a reflection of Croatian national culture and

Publishing of the encyclopedia was continued by the Croatian Publishing (Bibliographic) Institute, which operated in the Independent State of Croatia. The fifth volume, concluding with the term "Electricity", was published despite the extremely difficult and wartime conditions on May 2, 1945, just four days before the dissolution of the NDH. After the entry of Partisan troops into Zagreb, almost the entire edition was destroyed and today, unlike the first four, it is a real bibliographic rarity. In terms of form, scope, illustrative equipment and treatment of topics, it represents something between the type of Encyclopaedia Britannica and Enciclopedia Italiana.

It is not a pure encyclopedia, because it also contains many terms treated in proofreading, so it is actually a transition from a lexicon to an encyclopedia, as it suited Croatian needs. She contributed to the strengthening and development of Croatian national intellectual, aesthetic and ethical values, as well as to the building and strengthening of national consciousness. It began to achieve the spiritual harmony of the Croatian people of the city and the countryside, the educated and the middle-educated, until the communist revolution and the leveling down did not stop this process.civilization, in which the achievements of domestic autochthonous culture have been deposited over the centuries along with assimilative goods from the universal culture of humanity.entrusted his idea to professor Dr. Mata Ujević, knowing that he is a reliable and energetic man.