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Records of the Jewish National Council of Lithuanian and Jewish Parliamentary Group in Lithuanian Sejmas (Parliament) (Fond 620)

Document | Digitized | Accession Number: 2013.106 | RG Number: RG-26.050

Overview

Description: Contains records relating mainly to the period of Jewish national autonomy in Lithuania, 1923-1926. The records of the Jewish National Council consist of miscellaneous correspondence files concerning all aspects of the activities (political, economic, educational, cultural etc.) of the Jewish communities of Lithuania. The collection also includes general records related to the activities of the Jewish parliamentary group in the Lithuanian Sejmas and includes minutes of meetings, reports, statistics, drafts of the various decrees relating to Jewish minority rights, records regarding municipal elections, etc.
Date: inclusive: 1921-1927
Credit Line: Forms part of the Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This archive consists of documentation whose reproduction and/or acquisition was made possible with funding from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Physical Details

Language: Yiddish Lithuanian German English Russian French Polish
Genre/Form: Correspondence. Reports. Minutes. Statistics.
Extent: 28,267 digital images : JPEG ; 36.9 GB .

Rights & Restrictions

Conditions on Access: This material can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations. No other access restrictions apply to this material.
Conditions on Use: Reproduction and publication of documents require permission of the Lithuanian Central State Archives.
Copyright Holder: Lietuvos centrinis valstybės archyvas

Keywords & Subjects

Topical Term: Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Lithuania--History--20th century. Jews--Lithuania--History--20th century--Correspondence. Jews--Lithuania--Social conditions--20th century--Statistics. Jewish committees (ushmm) Diplomatic and consular service Banks and banking, Lithuanian. Social service. Charity -- Associations, institutions, etc. Zionists.
Geographic Name: Lithuania--Economic conditions--1918-. Lithuania--Ethnic relations--20th century. Lithuania--Politics and government--20th century. Lithuania. France
Corporate Name: American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Jewish Colonization Association Hias-Ica Emigration Association

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: Lietuvos centrinis valstybės archyvas
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Source of acquisition is the Lietuvos Centrinis valstybės archyvas (Lithuanian Central State Archives), Fond 620, opis 1 and 2. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives International Archives Project in 2013.
Special Collection: Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive

Record last modified:: 2023-08-25 09:39:41
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