Association of Jewish merchants in Wilno (Vilnius, Lithuania) (Fond 338)

Identifier
irn700017
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2019.202.1
  • RG-26.070
Dates
1 Jan 1919 - 31 Dec 1940
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Yiddish
  • Polish
Source
EHRI Partner

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

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.