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War crimes case of Viktor Bernhard Arajs

Document | Accession Number: 1991.A.0041 | RG Number: RG-06.009.03

Consists of copies of the indictment and the verdict in the case of Viktor Bernhard Arajs. Among the documents are lists of witnesses, results of the investigation, and information concerning Arajs' crimes against Jews in Latvia and the Soviet Union. An English translation is included for the indictment only.

Language: German
English
Extent: .
11 microfiche.
Extent: 6 folders

System of Arrangement: Arrangement is thematic
Topical Term: Auxiliary Police--Latvia.
Communism.
Executions and executioners.
Jewish ghettos--Latvia--Rīga.
Jews--Persecutions--Latvia.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Latvia.
War crimes--Latvia.
World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Latvia.
Geographic Name: Hamburg (Germany)
Latvia--History--German occupation, 1941-1944.
Soviet Union.
Personal Name: Arajs, Viktor Bernhard.
Corporate Name: Communist International.
Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. Einsatzgruppen des Sicherheitsdienstes und der Sicherheitspolizei.
United States. Dept. of Justice. Office of Special Investigations.
Hamburg (Germany)--Landgericht.
Holder of Originals: United States. Department of Justice.
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The copy of the indictment, verdict, and English translation of the indictment of the Viktor Arajs case were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by the United States Office of Special Investigations. The English translation of the indictment was completed by CRH and Associates on 10 May 1984.
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