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Holding Institution: Latvijas Nacionālā arhīva Latvijas Valsts vēstures arhīvs

  1. Lauksaimniecības ģenerāldirekcijas Pārtikas nodrošināšanas departaments

    • Directorate General for Agriculture – Department of Food Provision
    • Generaldirektorium für Landwirtschaft. Departement für Lebensmittelbeschaffung

    Instructions about provisioning of food, clothing, alcohol, forage, food for children; lists of inhabitants of towns, lists of workers who received food cards, etc. 1941-1944. Also contains food rations for prisoners and inmates of concentration camps and for Jewish craftsmen 1941-1943.

  2. Kuldīgas pilsētas valde

    • Kuldiga City Council
    • Stadtverwaltung Goldingen

    The fonds contains information about the town’s history and administration since the 19th century. The war period documents include lists of Jewish property, registration of property, acquisition of Jewish property and belongings, a list of Jews sent to do agricultural work throughout the district (1941), and a list of war prisoners in the Kuldīga camp (1941-1942).

  3. Iekšlietu ģenerāldirekcijas Kārtības policijas departaments

    • Order Police Department of the General Directorate of the Interior
    • Kommandantur der Ordnungspolizei Lettlands

    Registration of Jewish property; providing of apartments to Jews who were working (October 2, 1941); interdiction against Wehrmacht institutions cooperating with Jews; rules for taking Jews from ghetto to work sites, including interdiction against Jews staying overnight at work place and prohibition of automobiles being used to transport Jews to the work. Issuance of identification cards for Jews (September 3, 1943).

  4. Rīgas pilsētas apgabala komisārs

    • Riga City Gebietscommissar
    • Der Gebietskommissar Riga–Stadt

    Structure of the Riga city board and its institutions; evacuation of Russian inhabitants, via Riga, to work sites, including information about their treatment, accommodation, etc.

  5. Rēzeknes kara komandantūra

    • Rezekne Commandant's Ofiice
    • Rezekne Ortskommandantur

    Obligation for working Jews to wear the Star of David; Jewish property; use of Jewish property; confiscation of radios from Jews (1941-1942).

  6. Limbažu pilsētas valde

    • Limbazi City Council
    • Stadtverwaltung Lemsal

    The fonds contains information about the town’s history administration since the 19th century. Most of the wartime files contain data concerning confiscation of Jewish trade and industry enterprises (1941).

  7. Jēkabpils pilsētas valde

    • Jekabpils City Council
    • Jacobstadt Stadtverwaltung

    The fonds contains information about the history of the town and activities of the city council since the 19th century. The war period documents include information about purchases and acquisitions of Jewish property, use of Jewish belongings, granting of former Jewish apartments (1941-1942), and a list of war prisoners (1942).

  8. Valsts slepenpolicijas pārvalde Gestapo

    • Secret State Police Office (Gestapo)
    • Geheime Staatspolizei - Gestapo Amt

    The fonds contains information collected since 1924, including information about the German secret police; German diplomatic mission reports, including reports on the activities of the Communist Party; Latvian political administration official staff lists; outgoing correspondence from the Baltic states to Germany; snippets from Latvian newspapers and newspapers from other European countries;; information about migrants (Übersiedler) from Baltic states in 1941, including names of agents and persons involved.

  9. Okupēto Austrumu apgabalu Valsts ministrija

    • Reich Ministry for the Occupied Eastern Territories
    • Reichsministerium für die besetzten Ostgebiete

    Definition of “Jude” and “Halbjude” (Mischlings); regulations and restrictions on school attendance for mischlings, 1942

  10. SS un policijas vadītājs Latvijā

    • The SS and Police Leader in Latvia
    • SS–und Polizeistandartenführer Lettland

    Registration and confiscation of Jewish property.

  11. Jelgavas apriņķa policijas iestādes

    • Jelgava District Police Institutions
    • Polizeibehörden Kreis Mitau

    The fonds contains information about activities of the police institutions in the district since 1919. The wartime documents contain information about prisoners of war and war refugees, pursuit and apprehension of communists, Jews and Roma, Roma escapes from prisons (1941-1942), and lists of persons drafted into the German Army (1944).

  12. Ludzas apriņķa policijas iestādes

    • Ludza district Police Institutions
    • Polizeibehörden Kreis Ludza

    The fonds 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 and arrests of Roma in the district (1941-1942).

  13. Valmieras apriņķa policijas iestādes

    • Valmiera District Police Institutions
    • Polizeibehörden Kreis Wolmar

    The fonds contains information about the activities of the police administration in the district since 1919. The war time files contain lists of nationalized and ownerless Jewish property (1942).

  14. Apes pilsētas valde

    • Ape City Council
    • Sradtverwaltung Ape

    The fonds contains information about the town’s history and its administration since 1919. The wartime documents include lists of confiscated property and belongings; information about establishment of a depository for cultural artefacts (books, etc.) of Jews and communists (1942); interdiction to provide Jews with footwear (1941); and lists of inhabitants, including some Jews (1941-1942).

  15. Ventspils apriņķa policijas iestādes

    • Ventspils District Police Institutions
    • Polizeibehörden Kreis Windau

    The fonds 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, (October 1941), arrests of escaped Jews and transferring them to the Ventspils security police, deserters from SS Legion, (July 1944), arrests of Roma (1944), list of Russians in the district (1945).

  16. Ilūkstes apriņķa policijas iestādes

    • Ilukste District Police Institutions
    • Polizeibehörden Kreis Illuxt

    The fonds contains information about activities of the police institutions in the district since 1919. The wartime documents contain information about Jewish property.

  17. Tukuma-Talsu apriņķa policijas iestādes

    • Tukums-Talsi District Police Institutions
    • Polizeibehörden des Kreises Tukums-Talsen

    The fonds contains extensive information about activities of the Police institutions in the district since 1919. The wartime documents include information about the Jewish property and the acquisition and registration of Jewish belongings; confiscation of Jewish books; hiding of Jews; Jews who escaped from Kaltene camp (August 1941) and from the Salaspils pit factory; Jews and Poles who escaped from Częstochowa prison; list of Jews in Talsen; manhunting of Roma; Roma living in Kandava (1942); Russian prisoners of war who escaped from Grobina camp; and a list of prisoners of war.

  18. Dobeles pilsētas valde

    • Dobele City Council
    • Stadtverwaltung Dobeln

    The fonds contains information about the administration of the town since 1918. The wartime documents include lists of Jewish belongings and purchases of Jewish property (February 1942).

  19. Kandavas pilsētas valde

    • Kandava City Council
    • Stadtverwaltung Kandau

    The fonds contains information about the town’s history and administration since 1912. The wartime documents include orders of the district chief to demolish all Jewish cemeteries in the district and to transfer all Jewish vital records to the Riga archive (1942).

  20. Rīgas apriņķa policijas iestādes

    • Riga District Police Institutions
    • Polizeibehörden Kreis Riga

    The fonds contains information about the activities of the police administration in the district since 1919. The wartime files contain Drechsler’s orders (August 1941) regarding restrictions for Jews (wearing of Star of David, occupations, use of transport, etc.).