Daugavpils pilsētas valde

  • Daugavpils City Council
  • Stadtverwaltung Dünaburg
Identifier
6962
Language of Description
English
Dates
1877 - 1940, 1941 - 1944
Level of Description
Fonds
Languages
  • Latvian
  • Russian
Scripts
  • Cyrillic
  • Latin
Source
EHRI

Extent and Medium

10,425 files

Scope and Content

The fonds contains a large amount of information about the town history and its administration since the 19th century. The wartime documents include information about forced labour, a list of Jews who were working, a list of Jews who were provided with food and food carts, and lists of ghetto inmates (1941-1943).

Accruals

No other documents expected.

System of Arrangement

Files are arranged according to the inventories.

Conditions Governing Access

Free access.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

The physical condition of documents is satisfactory.

Finding Aids

  • 28 printed and handwritten finding aids are available at the reading room.

Existence and Location of Originals

  • Original documents are in the custody of The National Archives of Latvia, State Historical Archives of Latvia

Existence and Location of Copies

  • USHMM RG-18.002M (Latvian Central State Historical Archive (Rīga) records)

Publication Note

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 11, 2014 by Rita Bogdanova based on finding aids available at the repository.

Rules and Conventions

EHRI Guidelines for Description v.1.0

Dates of Descriptions

February-June of 2014