Selected criminal cases of the Jewish residents of the Lviv region and Jewish refugees from Eastern and Central Europe arrested by the Soviet Security Services of USSR (NKVD) [Fond R-3258]

Identifier
irn618062
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2018.280.1
  • RG-31.129
Dates
1 Jan 1939 - 31 Dec 1950
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Russian
  • Polish
  • Ukrainian
  • Czech
  • Hungarian
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

99,620 digital images, JPEG

Archival History

Derz︠h︡avnyĭ arkhiv Lʹvivsʹkoï oblasti

Acquisition

Source of acquisition is the Derz︠h︡avnyĭ arkhiv Lʹvivsʹkoï oblasti (State Archives of the Lviv Region). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archives Project in July 2018.

Scope and Content

This collection contains investigative records (interrogations, verdicts, court hearings, appeals, personal documentation of defendants etc) related to the arrest, interrogation, and subsequent trials of Jews, residents of the Lviv region arrested by the Soviet Security Services (NKVD) after the occupation and annexation of Eastern Poland (present day Western Ukraine) and accused for the Zionist, religious, and political activities as well as for belonging to the category of people who were considered by the Soviet authorities to be "dangerous to the Soviet society." In addition, this collection also includes a large number of criminal cases of refugees from East and Central Europe who were arrested and interrogated by the Soviet State Security Services (NKVD) for the illegal crossing of the Soviet state border, while escaping from the Nazi persecution in territories of the Nazi-occupied Poland.

System of Arrangement

Arranged by personal names of defendants and subject of cases.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Derz︠h︡avnyĭ arkhiv Lʹvivsʹkoï oblasti

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.