Overview
- Description
- Records of the Council of the Vilnius Jewish Community in Lithuania, reflecting the inter war period and beginning of World War II. The collection includes correspondence with local and government authorities, the Bureau of the Rabbi, the Chief of Police of the City of Vilnius, the Jewish Community Committee for Refugees, and Jewish communities across Lithuania regarding budgets and tax collection. Also includes reports, statistics, budget proposals, salaries of Jewish community officials, minutes, and certificates of war refugees.
- Date
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inclusive:
1919-1940
Physical Details
- Language
- Yiddish Polish Russian Lithuanian
- Extent
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3,786 digital images : JPEG ; 6.83 GB .
- System of Arrangement
- 1. The Bureau of Rabbi of the Jewish Community in Vilnius; 2. Minutes and protocols of the Council of the Jewish Community in Vilnius; 3. The budget of the Jewish Community in Vilnius, 1930-1931; 4. Lists of taxpayers of the Jewish Community, 1923-1924; 5. The list of municipal contributions; 6. Certificates for war refugees.
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. Jewish councils--Lithuania--Vilnius--History--20th century. Jewish refugees--Lithuania--Vilnius--History--20th century. Jews--Lithuania--Social conditions--20th century--Statistics. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Lithuania.
- Geographic Name
- Vilnius (Lithuania)-Ethnic relations.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Lietuvos centrinis valstybės archyvas
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Source of acquisition is the Lietuvos centrinis valstybės archyvas (Lithuanian Central State Archives). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives International Archives Project in 2013.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 21:56:16
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- http://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn60843
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