Ventspils apriņķa policijas iestādes
- Ventspils District Police Institutions
- Polizeibehörden Kreis Windau
Extent and Medium
601 files
Creator(s)
Scope and Content
The fonds contains a large amount of information about activities of the police institution in the district since 1920. The wartime documents include information about Jewish property, (October 1941), arrests of escaped Jews and transferring them to the Ventspils security police, deserters from SS Legion, (July 1944), arrests of Roma (1944), list of Russians in the district (1945).
Accruals
No other records expected.
System of Arrangement
Files are arranged according to the inventories.
Conditions Governing Access
Free access.
Finding Aids
Two finding aids, handwritten and printed, are available at the reading room.
Existence and Location of Copies
USHMM RG-18.002M (Latvian Central State Historical Archive (Rīga) records)
Archivist Note
Entry added on June 13, 2014 by Rita Bogdanova based on finding aids available at the repository.
Rules and Conventions
EHRI Guidelines for Description v.1.0
Corporate Bodies
Subjects
- Police
- Deserting from SS Legion
- Escape
- Sinti and Roma
- Jewish property
Places
- Windau
- Windau district
- Ventspils