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Selected records from Telšiai County Branch Archives in Lithuania related to restitution of the Jewish property after WWII

Document | Accession Number: 2017.84.1 | RG Number: RG-26.065

Records of various county agencies (State Notary, County Executive Council, People's Court etc) related to the restitution and inheritance of individual and communal Jewish property located in the Telsiai County after World War II, includes sales contracts, wills, sales records and personal documentation of Jewish residents trying to re-establish ownership over their property and/or inheritance rights.

Date
inclusive:  1944-1954
Language
Lithuanian
Russian
Genre/Form
Certificates.
Claims.
Correspondence.
Registers.
Testimonies.
Extent
2,710 digital images : JPEG ; 6,38 GB .

About This Document

System of Arrangement
Arranged in five series: 1. State Notary Office of Plungė district, 1946-1957: Sales contracts, inheritance certificates, and resolutions and decisions of civil cases; 2. People Court of Telšiai district-Second Instance, 1946-1956: Resolutions and decisions of civil cases, establishment of the rights of inheritance; 3. State Notary Office of Mažeikiai district, 1946-1947: Sale contracts and testaments; 4. People Court of Mažeikiai district, 1945-1947: Resolutions and decisions of civil cases; 5. People Court of Seda, 1946-1951: Resolutions and decisions of civil cases; 6. State Notary Office of Telšiai district, 1945-1946: Certificate of inheritance and sales contracts; 7. People Court of Rietavas district, 1954.
Note: Digital files organized in alphabetical order.

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Holder of Originals
Telšių apskrities archyvas
Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
Source of acquisition is theTelšių apskrities archyvas (Telšiai County Archives), Lithuania. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in February 2017. This is a joint project USHMM and Yad Vashem.

Rights and 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
The third party must obtain the consent from theTelšiai County Archives, Lithuania for any commercial use of the records, and may require the payment of the license fee for such use.

Copyright Holder
Telšių apskrities archyvas
 
Record last modified: 2022-07-28 18:15:54
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