Archival Descriptions

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Language of Description: English
Holding Institution: Latvijas Nacionālā arhīva Latvijas Valsts vēstures arhīvs
  1. Rēzeknes apriņķa policijas iestādes

    • Rezekne District Police Institutions
    • Polizeibehörden Kreis Rezekne

    The fond contains a large amount of information about activities of the Police Institution in the district since 1920. The wartime documents include information about Jewish property, acquisition of former Jewish belongings, confiscation of radios and bicycles, divorcing of mixed marriages, hiding of Jews, baptizing of Jews, list of Christian priests who baptized Jews, measures for preventing demonstration of November 8, 1941 (commemorating the Revolution of 1917) at the places of mass executions and Jewish cemeteries, Jews from Rezekne prison working at factories in Rezekne, Ortskommandant...

  2. Finanšu ģenerāldirekcija

    • Financial Director General
    • Generaldirektion des Finanzwesens

    Jewish property: lists of belongings, mostly of Jews who were deported on June 14, 1941; registration of Jewish property.

  3. Tirdzniecības un rūpniecības galvenā direkcija

    • Directorate General of Trade and Industry

    Lists of nationalized Jewish property and enterprises; confiscation of trading enterprises in Riga, Bauska, Daugavpils, Jelgava, Karsava, Koknese, Vaiņode, and Viesite (1941-1943).

  4. Rīgas darba pārvalde

    • Arbeitsamt Riga
    • Riga City Labour Administration

    Organization of work in occupied territory, forced labour, statistics.

  5. SS un vietējās policijas priekšnieks Liepājā

    • The SS and Police Leader of Libau
    • Der SS–und Polizeistandartenführer Libau

    Guideline for treatment of Jews, including information about interdiction against communication with Jews, mixed marriages, forms to be completed for declarations of Jewish property, record keeping of Jewish property used in barracks, belongings left after executions. Attitude of German soldiers to Jews; the mood of Libau inhabitants after executions of Jews. Arrests of Jews because of violations of the restriction rules; black trade; escaped Jews from ghetto and camps; hidden Jews; arrests of Latvians who helped Jews to hide and issued false papers. Arresting of group of Jews intending to ...

  6. Tirdzniecības un rūpniecības akciju sabiedrība "Kūdra"

    • Trade and Industry Joint Stock Company "Peat"
    • Torfwerk Kudra

    The fonds contains information about the work of pit factories throughout Latvia. The wartime documents include lists of ghetto inmates with dates of birth working at the Torfwerks throughout Latvia (Aizpute, Garoza, Misa, Sloka-Kemeri, Priedasine, Olaine, Salaspils, Skrunda, Smārde, Kukas, Ploce); rules about treatment of Jews at work; increasing of working capacity by providing of additional food rate; and a list of Jews from Priedaine Torfwerk who were sent back to the Riga ghetto on October 28, 1943.

  7. Tiesu palātas prokurors

    • The Trial Chamber Prosecutor

    The fonds contains information about trials and police activities, as well as about the Communist Party. The wartime documents include information about Jewish property, cases that were dismissed (including cases brought by Jews, July 1941), the burning of Audrini village, and escapes by prisoners of war from their place of settlement (1942).

  8. Austrumzemes Valsts komisārs

    • The Reich Commissioner for the Ostland
    • Der Reichskommissar für das Ostland

    Instructions for treatment of Jews, including information about who was considered a Jew; wearing of David stars registration, mixed marriages and children; identity cards for Jewish women married to Aryans; Jewish property, including a form for declaration of property; treatment of foreign Jews; printed edition about Organization of the Administration in the Occupied Eastern Areas, which included guidelines for the treatment of the Jewish population, with the goal to solve the Judefrage throughout Europe; regulations for the generation population should treat Jews; zoning off the Jewish po...

  9. Drošības policijas un SD pavēlnieks Austrumzemē

    • Commandant's Office of the Security Police and the SD in Ostland
    • Der Befehlshaber der Sicherheitspolizei und des SD Ostland

    Survey about Jews in Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia; materials about Jewish statistics for 1935 in Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia; lists of Jewish property in 1935. Lists of persons who drafted and enabled measures regarding annihilation of Jews (these lists were composed by Soviet institutions in 1947). Lists of Einsatzkommando who were under Lange’s command and were part of Einsatzgruppe A. Measures for Final Solution: 100% extermination of Jews; no reproduction; Jews to work at hard labour; placing of Jews into special settlements outside of Europe. Treatment of Jews, including definition of ...

  10. Ģenerālkomisārs Rīgā

    • Generalkommissar in Riga
    • Commissar General in Riga

    Definition of “Jude” and “Halbjude” in occupied Ostland and related regulations, including about, treatment of Jews. Declaration of Jewish property and movables; special forms for handing over of property;, lists of former Jewish property which now had to be considered as Ostlandseigentum in Riga, Mitau, Libau, Marienburg, Rujien, Lemsal, Walk, Wenden, Wolmar, Abrene, Daugavpils, Ludza, Rezekne; allocation of Jewish property and incomes from it. Information about mixed marriages, including applications from Jewish spouses in mixed marriages to ease conditions for children, for exemption fro...

  11. Ārkārtēja komisija lvva

    • The Soviet State Extraordinary Commission for Ascertaining and Investigating the Crimes Committed by the German-Fascist Invaders and their Accomplices
    • Чрезвычайная республиканская комиссия Латвийской ССР

    Organization of the Commission’s work, including information about staff, reports, collection of information; lists of victims on Latvian territory, including Abrene district, Aizpute district, and Aizpute city; list of Jews killed in 1941 in Bauska district, Valmiera district, Ventspils district and Ventspils city, Valka district, Daugavpils district and Daugavpils city; list of Jews killed in Livani, Dagda, Jekabpils district, Jelgava district, Liepaja district, Ludza district, Liepaja district, and Liepaja city; lists of Jews killed in 1941 in Riga district and Riga city; list of Jews ki...

  12. Drošības policijas un Drošības dienesta komandieris Latvijā

    • Commander of the Security Police of Latvia and Einsatzkommando
    • Kommandeur der Sicherheitspolizei Lettlands und Einsatzkommando

    Certificates about releases from the Riga Central Prison and interdiction to communicate with Jews and communists and to participate in political activities, 1941-1942; list of mentally ill Jews in the Riga hospital, dated August 31, 1941 (these people were killed on September 1, 1941).

  13. Ludzas pilsētas valde

    • Ludza City Council
    • Ludza Stadtverwaltung

    The fonds contains information about the town history and activities of the city council since the 19th century. The wartime documents include lists of Jewish property in Ludza and information about the acquisition and use of Jewish property.

  14. Rīgas kārtības dienests

    • The Riga Order Police
    • Riga Ordnungspolizei

    Riga ghetto, Final Solution.

  15. Apgabala komisāra Rigā darba pārvalde

    • Arbeitsverwaltung Riga
    • Labour Administration Riga

    Office of accountant, order, correspondence with general commissar and institutions about labour of prisoners of war, statistics, salaries, lists of employees and also contains Kontrollbook Revich Adele, born on March 9, 1912, worked in 1942-1943, list of Jews working in August-October 1941 in Riga.

  16. Daugavpils pilsētas valde

    • Daugavpils City Council
    • Stadtverwaltung Dünaburg

    The fonds contains a large amount of information about the town history and its administration since the 19th century. The wartime documents include information about forced labour, a list of Jews who were working, a list of Jews who were provided with food and food carts, and lists of ghetto inmates (1941-1943).

  17. Daugavpils pilsētas policijas iestādes

    • Daugavpils City Police Institutions
    • Polizeibehörden Stadt Dünaburg

    The fonds contains a large amount of information about activities of the police institutions in the district since 1920. The wartime documents include instructions to the chief of the Jewish camp (ghetto) and information about guarding the ghetto, internal rules, and a report about unnamed police members arresting Jews and taking their belongings in 1941.

  18. Rīgas pilsētas policijas iestādes

    • Riga City Police Institutions
    • Polizeibehörden Stadt Riga

    The fonds contains a large amount of information about activities of the Police Institution in the district since 1919. The wartime documents include reports of the chief of the Riga and district police precincts and criminal department about arrests of Jews, evictions from apartments, shooting of Jews in Riga and environs, suicide cases, burning of synagogue, and using of Jewish labour.

  19. Krustpils pilsētas valde

    • Krustpils City Council
    • Stadtverwaltung Kreuzburg

    The fonds contains information about the town history and its administration since 1919. The wartime documents show lists of Jewish property, purchases of Jewish property, and bills for collecting and guarding of Jewish belongings (1941-1943).

  20. Madonas pilsētas valde

    • Madona City Council
    • Stadtverwaltung Madohn

    The fonds contains information about the town history and its administration since 1920. The wartime documents include information on Jewish property, food rationing for Jews (September 1943), and food provisioning for Madona concentration camp.