Selected criminal cases of the Jewish residents of the Lviv region and Jewish refugees from Eastern and Central Europe arrested by the Soviet Security Services of USSR (NKVD) [Fond R-3258]
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Overview
- Description
- This collection contains investigative records (interrogations, verdicts, court hearings, appeals, personal documentation of defendants etc) related to the arrest, interrogation, and subsequent trials of Jews, residents of the Lviv region arrested by the Soviet Security Services (NKVD) after the occupation and annexation of Eastern Poland (present day Western Ukraine) and accused for the Zionist, religious, and political activities as well as for belonging to the category of people who were considered by the Soviet authorities to be "dangerous to the Soviet society." In addition, this collection also includes a large number of criminal cases of refugees from East and Central Europe who were arrested and interrogated by the Soviet State Security Services (NKVD) for the illegal crossing of the Soviet state border, while escaping from the Nazi persecution in territories of the Nazi-occupied Poland.
- Date
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inclusive:
1939-1950
Physical Details
- Extent
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99,620 digital images : JPEG ; 7.48 Gb .
- System of Arrangement
- Arranged by personal names of defendants and subject of cases.
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- Mandatory citation of source archives as well as United States Holocaust Memorial Musem. Fair use only. No use for commercial purposes.
- Copyright Holder
- Derz︠h︡avnyĭ arkhiv Lʹvivsʹkoï oblasti
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Ukraine--History--20th century. Jews--Persecutions--Ukraine--History--20th century. Nationalism--Ukraine--History--20th century. Zionists--Ukraine--History--20th century. Investigations--Law and legislation--Ukraine--20th century. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Ukraine.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Derz︠h︡avnyĭ arkhiv Lʹvivsʹkoï oblasti
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Source of acquisition is the Derz︠h︡avnyĭ arkhiv Lʹvivsʹkoï oblasti (State Archives of the Lviv Region). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archives Project in July 2018.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-06-07 10:53:52
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn618062
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