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Records of the Vilnius Ghetto (Fond 1421)

Document | Digitized | Accession Number: 1999.A.0105 | RG Number: RG-26.015M

Overview

Description: Contains records of various ghetto organizations and agencies. Included are orders and regulations of the Jewish council and police, as well as correspondence between departments and subordinate offices. There are also personal documents and documents on the ghetto health and social security offices.
Date: inclusive: 1941-1944
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 Lithuanian Polish Russian Hebrew
Genre/Form: Correspondence. Reports. Announcements. Registers. Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) Posters.
Extent: 32 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.
System of Arrangement: The system of arrangement of the source repository has been preserved in the microfilmed reel. This collection is arranged thematically and chronologically in six series: 1. Instructions, orders and announcements; 2. Jewish council records; 3. Inspection department records; 4. Registration department records; 5. Ghetto council team- leaders; 6. Programs, announcements, posters of theatre performances, concerts, sport competitions, held in the ghetto.

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: World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Lithuania. Jewish ghettos--Lithuania--Vilnius--Statistics. Jewish councils--Lithuania--Vilnius--Registers. Police--Lithuania--Vilnius--History--20th century--Registers. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Lithuania.
Geographic Name: Vilnius (Lithuania)--History--German occupation, 1941-1944. Vilnius (Lithuania)--Ethnic relations.

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 1421. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Programs Division ordered the filming of the records in 1998. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the microfilm reels in June 1999.
Special Collection: Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive

Record last modified:: 2022-07-28 18:06:17
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