Organizational and administrative correspondence relating to the Wehrmacht, SS, SD, and SIPO in Ostland

Identifier
irn503713
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1992.A.0094
  • RG-18.003
Dates
1 Jan 1939 - 31 Dec 1943
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
  • Russian
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folders

2

5 microfiche,

Archival History

Latvijas Valsts vēstures arhīvs

Acquisition

Cite the Latvian Central State Historical Archive in Riga as custodian of the originals

Various command levels of the Wehrmacht, Einsatzgruppen, SD, and SIPO in Ostland, and the RSHA in Berlin, Germany, created the records during World War II. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives obtained photocopies from the Latvian Central State Historical Archive in Riga, Latvia, in March 1992.

Scope and Content

Contains photocopies of letters, memoranda, orders, directives, and various other documents relating to the organizational and operational structure of the Wehrmacht, SIPO, SS, SD, Einsatzgruppen A and B, Geheime Feldpolizei, Feldgendarmerie, Hilfspolizei, and Ordungspolizei in Latvia and the USSR. Of special interest is a copy of a letter, December 4, 1939, RSHA Amt II, concerning antisemitism and a pogrom.

System of Arrangement

Arrangement is numeric by original document number from the Latvian Central State Historical Archive

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Latvijas Valsts vēstures arhīvs

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.