Board of the Jewish Community, Wilno (Fond 1232)

Identifier
irn60843
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2013.107
  • RG-26.051
Dates
1 Jan 1919 - 31 Dec 1940
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Yiddish
  • Polish
  • Russian
  • Lithuanian
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn60843

Extent and Medium

3,786 digital images, JPEG

Archival History

Lietuvos centrinis valstybės archyvas

Acquisition

Source of acquisition is the Lietuvos centrinis valstybės archyvas (Lithuanian Central State Archives). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives International Archives Project in 2013.

Scope and Content

Records of the Council of the Vilnius Jewish Community in Lithuania, reflecting the inter war period and beginning of World War II. The collection includes correspondence with local and government authorities, the Bureau of the Rabbi, the Chief of Police of the City of Vilnius, the Jewish Community Committee for Refugees, and Jewish communities across Lithuania regarding budgets and tax collection. Also includes reports, statistics, budget proposals, salaries of Jewish community officials, minutes, and certificates of war refugees.

System of Arrangement

  1. The Bureau of Rabbi of the Jewish Community in Vilnius; 2. Minutes and protocols of the Council of the Jewish Community in Vilnius; 3. The budget of the Jewish Community in Vilnius, 1930-1931; 4. Lists of taxpayers of the Jewish Community, 1923-1924; 5. The list of municipal contributions; 6. Certificates for war refugees.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Lietuvos centrinis valstybės archyvas

Subjects

  • Vilnius (Lithuania)-Ethnic relations.
  • Jews--Lithuania--Social conditions--20th century--Statistics.
  • Jewish refugees--Lithuania--Vilnius--History--20th century.
  • Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Lithuania--History--20th century.
  • Jewish councils--Lithuania--Vilnius--History--20th century.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Lithuania.

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.

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