Association of Jewish merchants in Wilno (Vilnius, Lithuania) (Fond 338)
Extent and Medium
161,493 digital images, JPEG
Archival History
Lietuvos centrinis valstybės archyvas
Acquisition
Source of acquisition is the Lietuvos centrinis valstybės archyvas (Lithuanian Central State Archives), Fond 1143. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in June 2019, and a final accretion in Nov. 2019.
Scope and Content
The collection contains a complete set of records of the Association of Jewish Merchants in Wilno (Vilnius, Lithuania), 1919-1940. The collection includes minutes of the meetings of the association, bylaws, applications of the members, membership lists, annual activities and financial reports and books, records and verdicts of the Arbitrary Court, lists of shop owners, and financial records of the mutual aid committee. In addition also includes various correspondence with Jewish organizations and communities in Poland and members of the association, local municipal authorities, Ministry of Finance of Poland, Chamber of Commerce, circular letters of the Polish Government as well as individual cases of Jewish merchants in Wilno related to the payment of taxes, etc.
System of Arrangement
Arranged chronologically in two groups: 1. 1919-1940, Protocols, financial books, lists of members, lists of salaries, statements of members' property status, and price lists for good; 2. 1928-1940: Account books, membership reports, and general reports.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Lietuvos centrinis valstybės archyvas
Subjects
- Jewish organizations--Poland--History--20th century.
- Jewish merchants--Lithuania--Vilnius--History--20th century.
- Vilnius (Lithuania)
- Jewish organizations--Lithuania--History--20th century.
- Jewish labor unions.
- Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Poland--History--20th century.
- Executive departments.
- Poland
Genre
- Correspondence.
- Document
- Financial records.
- Registers.
- Circular letters.
- Applications.
- Reports.