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Управление Виленского городского и уезного нач-ка

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The head of Vilnius city and district in interwar Lithuania supervised a wide array of issues from policing and security to health care and education. The archive is composed mostly of materials from the period between Autumn 1939- Autumn 1940. During this time, the region was annexed to Lithuania which was occupied by the Soviet Union in August 1940. A substantial part of the collection includes records documenting the liquidation or Sovietization of Jewish businesses, charity enterprises, political organizations (such as “Betar”, “Mizrachi”, “Agudat Yisra'el” and “Ha-Shomer ha-Tsa'ir), guilds and cultural, religious, sporting and educational societies. In many cases the files include statutes from the liquidated organizations (in some cases from both the Tsarist and interwar periods), as well as correspondence relating to the liquidation process in 1940. In some cases, financial and other data can also be found in the files. The collection also includes: correspondence concerning the issue of granting Lithuanian citizenship to Jews; lists of Jews imprisoned in camps in Germany and the USSR; personal files of Jewish citizens related to work permits in Lithuania; and files related to different administrative offenses committed by Jewish individuals --

Reference Code
LCVA-Vilnius-401
Original Reference Code
Central State Archives of Lithuania (LCVA);Original fonds code;401
Dates
1920-1940
Consists of
192 files.
Languages
lit; Russian; Polish; German;
Description
The collection includes materials on the liquidation or Sovietization of pre-World War II Jewish societies and organizations. These files include data on Jewish businesses, charity enterprises, guilds and cultural, religious, sporting and educational societies. For example, there are many files documenting Jewish communal charitable organizations such as burial fraternities, mutual assistance societies and interest-free loan funds. These organizations functioned in many of Vilnius’s synagogues. One such organization was “Gmilut Hesed” that functioned in Elkin’s synagogue. Modern Jewish charitable and relief societies are also represented in the collection, including IKOPO (Jewish Committee for the Relief of War Victims), OZE (or TOZ, the Society for Safeguarding the Health of the Jewish Population), the Jewish Deaf-Mutes Society of Vilnius, the Jewish Society for the Protection of Women and the Society for the Care of Jewish Orphans. These files include the statutes of these organizations, correspondence on their liquidation, financial accounts, equipment lists and, in some cases, also data on their activities. For instance, the file on IKOPO includes a brief account of the society's history. The archive also comprises liquidation files of educational and cultural organizations: the Vilnius branches of the Society for Handicraft and Agricultural Work among the Jews (ORT); Tarbut; TSYSHO (Central Jewish School Organisation); The S. An-ski Historical-Ethnographical Society; YIVO; and Jewish libraries including the Strashun Library and the library of the Society for the Promotion of Enlightenment among the Jews of Russia (OPE). Some of these files also include statutes and other data on the organizations’ activities. For example, the files of the liquidated Jewish libraries include property inventories (although not book catalogues).;The closure of local branches of Jewish sports associations – Maccabi, Hapoel and others – is represented in the collection. Jewish print houses, newspapers and bookshops were also liquidated. In some cases, along with correspondence on these enterprises' liquidation, some factual data can be found. For instance, the papers on the Romm print house liquidation include an inventory of printing equipment. Among other liquidated organizations are: the guild of Jewish soda and vegetable peddlers in Vilnius and professional organizations of Jewish photographers, lawyers and teachers as well as the union of Jewish veterans of war. Jewish political parties and associations were also disbanded during 1940: the files mention political organizations such as “Mizrachi”, the Vilnius branches of the Zionist Organization and Agudat Yisra'el, youth movements such as Betar and Ha-Shomer ha-Tsa'ir and fundraising organisations such as the Jewish National Fund (Keren Kayemet) and Jewish Foundation Fund (Keren Hayesod). In addition, the collection includes correspondence concerning the issuance of Lithuanian citizenship to Jewish individuals, lists of Jews imprisoned in camps in Germany and the USSR and personal files of Jewish citizens related to work permits in Lithuania. Personal files related to different administrative offenses committed by Jewish individuals are also part of the collection.
Title Управление Виленского городского и уезного нач-ка.
Notes The archive includes copies of selected Jewish-related materials from the collection of the Head of Vilnius City and District from the Lithuanian Central State Archive (LCVA).
Host Item Lietuvos centrinis valstybės archyvas (Copied material)
Level of Description Sub-Fonds Record
Biographical summary The head of Vilnius city and district was the chief Lithuanian official appointed in the region of Vilnius after its annexation to Lithuania. He supervised a broad array of issues, from policing and security to health care and education. After the Soviet takeover in August 1940, the head of the city and district implemented the policy of Sovietization.
Language Note Lithuanian
Russian
Polish
German
National Library system number 990044122130205171
Links Collection description in Yerusha Project
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