War crimes investigation and trial records from the former Lithuanian KGB Archives (Fond K)

Identifier
irn511381
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2002.37
  • RG-26.004M
Dates
1 Jan 1944 - 31 Dec 1992
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Lithuanian
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn511381

Extent and Medium

78,825 digital images, JPEG

245 microfilm reels, 35 mm

Archival History

Lietuvas Ypatingasis Archyvas

Acquisition

Forms part of the Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This archive consists of documentation whose reproduction and/or acquisition was made possible with funding from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Source of acquisition is the Lithuanian Special Archives (Lietuvos Ypatingasis archyvas). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Project Division in several parts in 2002 and 2003. Digital duplicates of additional records accreted in 2013, and in 2018.

Scope and Content

Contains documents from the criminal investigation files and trial records of Lithuanian citizens of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) accused of wartime crimes related to the Holocaust.

System of Arrangement

Organized by case/file number.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Lietuvas Ypatingasis Archyvas

Subjects

  • War crime trials--Lithuania.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Lithuania.
  • Lithuania--History--German occupation, 1941-1944.
  • War criminals--Lithuania.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Lithuania.
  • Political atrocities--Lithuania.

Genre

  • Document
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.

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