Jelgavas apriņķa policijas iestādes
- Jelgava District Police Institutions
- Polizeibehörden Kreis Mitau
Extent and Medium
7,561 files
Creator(s)
Scope and Content
The fonds contains information about activities of the police institutions in the district since 1919. The wartime documents contain information about prisoners of war and war refugees, pursuit and apprehension of communists, Jews and Roma, Roma escapes from prisons (1941-1942), and lists of persons drafted into the German Army (1944).
Accruals
No other documents expected.
System of Arrangement
Files are arranged according to the inventories.
Conditions Governing Access
Free access.
Finding Aids
Three handwritten finding aids are available at the reading room.
Existence and Location of Copies
USHMM RG-18.002M (Latvian Central State Historical Archive (Rīga) records)
Publication Note
A. Ezergailis. The Holocaust in Latvia, 1941-1944: the Missing Center. Riga The Historical institute of Latvia [in association with The United State Holocaust Memorial Museum], 1996. 465 pp.
Dr. Katrin Reichelt. Lettland unter deutscher Besatzung 1941–1944. Der lettische Anteil am Holocaust. Metropol-Verlag Verlag, Berlin, 2011. 428 Seiten.
Archivist Note
Entry added on June 9, 2014 by Rita Bogdanova based on finding aids available at the repository.
Rules and Conventions
EHRI Guidelines for Description v.1.0
Corporate Bodies
Places
- Jelgava district
- Jelvgava
- Mitau