Selected records from Klaipeda Regional State Archives in Lithuania related to expropriation of private property in Klaipeda County by Soviet authorities after WWII

Identifier
irn557798
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2017.28.1
  • RG-26.068
Dates
1 Jan 1940 - 31 Dec 1947
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Lithuanian
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn557798

Extent and Medium

4,451 digital images, JPEG

Archival History

Klaipėdos regioninis valstybės archyvas

Acquisition

Source of acquisition is the Klaipėdos regioninis valstybės archyvas (Klaipėda Regional State Archives), Lithuania. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in February 2017 and accretion in May 2018. This is a joint project USHMM and Yad Vashem.

Scope and Content

Minutes and decisions of the Agricultural Committees regarding the expropriation of the private property (farms, shops, small business etc.) in the Klaipeda County by the Soviet authorities during and after World War II.

System of Arrangement

Arranged in three series: 1.Kretinga county and district, Agricultural Committee, 1945-1947: Registers of farms, transfers of lands, and files of individual and company cases related to land management; 2. The Executive Committee of Kretinga County, Working People's Deputies, 1945-1950: Lists of nationalized houses, protocols of the County Executive Committee, resolutions and decisions of the County Executive Committee; 3. Tauragė County, Švėkšna district, Agricultural Committee, 1940-1941: Individual files of land expropriation (organized by names of individuals (alphabetical order) in particular villages). Note: Digital files organized in numerical order of Fond.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Klaipėdos regioninis valstybės archyvas

Subjects

  • Klaipėdos apskritis (Lithuania)
  • World War, 1939 -1945--Confiscations and contributions--Lithuania.
  • Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Lithuania--Tauragės apskritis--History--20th century.
  • Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Lithuania--Kretingos rajonas--History--20th century.
  • Tauragė (Lithuania)
  • Kelvetu (Lithuania)
  • Tauragės apskritis (Lithuania)
  • Švėkšna (Lithuania)
  • Jurkaičiai (Lithuania)
  • Kretinga (Lithuania)
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Lithuania.
  • Stempliu (Lithuania)
  • Bliūdsukiai (lLthuania)
  • Žiogų (Lithuania)
  • Jewish property--Lithuania--Kretingos rajonas--History--20th century.
  • Pempiškių (Lithuania)
  • Jewish property--Lithuania--Tauragės apskritis--History--20th century.

Genre

  • Document
  • Protocols.
  • Registers.
  • Minutes.
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.

Copies

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