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Latvian State Archives KGB (State Security Committee) records from Fond 1986 relating to war crime investigations and trials in Latvia

Document | Digitized | Accession Number: 1997.A.0325 | RG Number: RG-06.027

Latvian State Archives KGB (State Security Committee) records from Fond 1986 relating to war crime investigations and trials in Latvia

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Description: Contains photocopies of selected interrogation transcripts, decrees, biographical data sheets, witness statements, photographs, and miscellaneous court and trial documents from the Latvian State Archives Fond 1986 relating to the arrest, investigation, prosecution, sentencing, and in some cases, execution of war criminals accused of atrocities committed against Jews and Soviet citizens in Latvia during World War II.
Date: 1941-1995
bulk: 1944-1966
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: Russian Latvian German
Extent: 8 boxes
System of Arrangement: The Latvian State Archives of the Former Latvian KGB (State Security Committee) records from Fond 1986 relating to war crimes investigations and trials in Latvia are arranged as a single series numerically by case number. Arrangement of documents within each case is primarily chronological.

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Conditions on Access: There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
Conditions on Use: Material(s) in this collection may be protected by copyright and/or related rights. You do not require further permission from the Museum to use this material. The user is solely responsible for making a determination as to if and how the material may be used.

Keywords & Subjects

Topical Term: War crime trials--Latvia. War crimes--Latvia. War criminals--Latvia--Photographs. War criminals--Latvia--Biography. World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Latvia. Preliminary examinations (Criminal procedure)--Latvia. Prosecution--Latvia. Sentences (Criminal procedure)--Latvia. Executions and executioners--Latvia.

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: Latvijas Valsts Arhivs
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The Federalnaia sluzhba bezopasnosti Rossii (KGB / State Security Committee) compiled the records for the purposes of war crime investigations and prosecution from ca. 1944 to 1995. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives acquired and received photocopies of the cases in November 1997.
Special Collection: Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive

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