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Latvijas Nacionālā arhīva Latvijas Valsts vēstures arhīvs

National Archives of Latvia, State Historical Archives of Latvia

LVVA (Latvijas Valsts vēstures arhīvs), ЛГИА (Латвийский государственный исторический архив)

Address

Slokas ielā 16
Riga
1048
Latvia

Phone

(+371) 2 001 7505

Fax

(+371) 67612406

Email

vestures.arhivs@arhivi.gov.lv
lasitava.va@arhivi.gov.lv

Web

https://www.arhivi.gov.lv/

History

The Latvian State Historical Archives is an organisational unit of the National Archives of Latvia (NAL). On March 3, 2010 the President of the Republic of Latvia proclaimed a new Archives Law. According to this Law, the former State archival system of Latvia was, after January 1, 2011, reorganized within one body – the National Archives of Latvia. NAL is the legal successor of the obligations and property of the former institutions of the State archival system. The National Archives accumulate and store records of archival value, provide access to these records, supervise the observance of records management in the institutions and in the accredited private archives, accredit private archives, and perform the other functions specified in the Archives Law.

Building(s)

State Historical Archives of Latvia has a main reading room at Slokas ielā 16 and a second reading room that is shared with the Riga City Archives at Palasta ielā 4, Riga.

Archival and Other Holdings

According to the Terms of Reference, the Latvian State Historical Archives administer the National Documentary Heritage of the Latvian archival fond of 1220–1945, which includes documents of state and local authorities, courts, estates, religious organizations, political and public organizations, documents of enterprises and other corporate bodies, and documents of private persons. The 6,311 archival fonds contain 6,349,095 files.

Finding Aids, Guides, and Publication

For a list of online NAL databases, see:

https://www.arhivi.gov.lv/content.aspx?id=271&mainId=271

Opening Times

Slokas ielā reading room hours:

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Wednesday from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m.

On the last Thursday of each month, the reading room is closed.

Slokas ielā customer service (office 111) and cash desk hours:

Monday from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Tuesday from 8 a.m. 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Thursday from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Friday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Palasta ielā reading room hours:

Wednesday and Thursday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Documents are delivered to readers on the third business day after the order is placed.

Daily limit of items that readers can be issued:

up to 10 items (1,000 pages)
files, passports, cards and plans for up to 20 people (1,000 pages)

Research Services

The Archives issue references to individuals and institutions.

Reproduction Services

Copies of documents will be made within 5 working days if the order size does not exceed 50 pages.

If the order volume exceeds 50 pages, the time to process the order is coordinated with the reader.

Sources

Yad Vashem
ClaimsCon'06
https://www.arhivi.gov.lv/

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Copies

Latvian Central State Historical Archive (Rīga) records

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Latvijas Valsts vēstures arhīvs
Organizational and administrative correspondence relating to the Wehrmacht, SS, SD, and SIPO in Ostland

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Latvijas Valsts vēstures arhīvs

Archival Descriptions

There are several ways to be more specific in your search query:

"Phrase": Search an exact match of your query, e.g. "Member lists"
+Phrase: Given word has to be in the result, e.g. +Gestapo
-Phrase: Exclude given word from search, e.g. -Gestapo

Use the following syntax to restrict the search to specific fields:

field:"phrase": For instance, you can find all descriptions that have the phrase "Auschwitz Birkenau" in their titles by searching for title:"Auschwitz Birkenau".

The following fields are currently available:

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title
creator
person
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Rēzeknes apriņķa policijas iestādes
- Rezekne District Police Institutions
- Polizeibehörden Kreis Rezekne
- Latvijas Nacionālā arhīva Latvijas Valsts vēstures arhīvs
- 1371
- English
- 1920-1940
- 5,708 files
- Updated 10 years ago
The fond contains a large amount of information about activities of the Police Institution in the district since 1920. The wartime documents include information about Jewish property, acquisition of former Jewish belongings, confiscation of radios and bicycles, divorcing of mixed marriages, hiding of Jews, baptizing of Jews, list of Christian priests who baptized Jews, measures for preventing demonstration of November 8, 1941 (commemorating the Revolution of 1917) at the places of mass executions and Jewish cemeteries, Jews from Rezekne prison working at factories in Rezekne, Ortskommandant...
Rīgas pilsētas policijas iestādes
- Riga City Police Institutions
- Polizeibehörden Stadt Riga
- Latvijas Nacionālā arhīva Latvijas Valsts vēstures arhīvs
- 1376
- English
- 1941-1944
- 20,103 files
- Updated 10 years ago
The fonds contains a large amount of information about activities of the Police Institution in the district since 1919. The wartime documents include reports of the chief of the Riga and district police precincts and criminal department about arrests of Jews, evictions from apartments, shooting of Jews in Riga and environs, suicide cases, burning of synagogue, and using of Jewish labour.
Rīgas apriņķa policijas iestādes
- Riga District Police Institutions
- Polizeibehörden Kreis Riga
- Latvijas Nacionālā arhīva Latvijas Valsts vēstures arhīvs
- 1391
- English
- 1941-1944
- 4,830 files
- Updated 10 years ago
The fonds contains information about the activities of the police administration in the district since 1919. The wartime files contain Drechsler’s orders (August 1941) regarding restrictions for Jews (wearing of Star of David, occupations, use of transport, etc.).
Daugavpils pilsētas policijas iestādes
- Daugavpils City Police Institutions
- Polizeibehörden Stadt Dünaburg
- Latvijas Nacionālā arhīva Latvijas Valsts vēstures arhīvs
- 1398
- English
- 1920-1940
- 1,741 files
- Updated 10 years ago
The fonds contains a large amount of information about activities of the police institutions in the district since 1920. The wartime documents include instructions to the chief of the Jewish camp (ghetto) and information about guarding the ghetto, internal rules, and a report about unnamed police members arresting Jews and taking their belongings in 1941.
Jelgavas apriņķa policijas iestādes
- Jelgava District Police Institutions
- Polizeibehörden Kreis Mitau
- Latvijas Nacionālā arhīva Latvijas Valsts vēstures arhīvs
- 1408
- English
- 1941-1944
- 7,561 files
- Updated 10 years ago
The fonds contains information about activities of the police institutions in the district since 1919. The wartime documents contain information about prisoners of war and war refugees, pursuit and apprehension of communists, Jews and Roma, Roma escapes from prisons (1941-1942), and lists of persons drafted into the German Army (1944).
Ludzas apriņķa policijas iestādes
- Ludza district Police Institutions
- Polizeibehörden Kreis Ludza
- Latvijas Nacionālā arhīva Latvijas Valsts vēstures arhīvs
- 1412
- English
- 1920-1940
- 3,860 files
- Updated 10 years ago
The fonds contains a large amount of information about activities of the police institution in the district since 1920. The wartime documents include information about Jewish property and arrests of Roma in the district (1941-1942).
Valmieras apriņķa policijas iestādes
- Valmiera District Police Institutions
- Polizeibehörden Kreis Wolmar
- Latvijas Nacionālā arhīva Latvijas Valsts vēstures arhīvs
- 1423
- English
- 1941-1944
- 2,620 files
- Updated 10 years ago
The fonds contains information about the activities of the police administration in the district since 1919. The war time files contain lists of nationalized and ownerless Jewish property (1942).
Rīgas apgabaltiesas prokurors
- Riga District Court Prosecutor
- Riga Kreigerichts Staatsanwalt
- Latvijas Nacionālā arhīva Latvijas Valsts vēstures arhīvs
- 1537
- English
- 1941-1944
- 15,016 files
- Updated 10 years ago
The fonds contains information about supervision of criminal and civil cases since 1917. The wartime documents contain information about unlawful acquisition of Jewish property, escapes from prisoner-of-war camps, and interdiction of contacts with Jews.
Apes pilsētas valde
- Ape City Council
- Sradtverwaltung Ape
- Latvijas Nacionālā arhīva Latvijas Valsts vēstures arhīvs
- 1696
- English
- 1941-1944
- 638 files
- Updated 10 years ago
The fonds contains information about the town’s history and its administration since 1919. The wartime documents include lists of confiscated property and belongings; information about establishment of a depository for cultural artefacts (books, etc.) of Jews and communists (1942); interdiction to provide Jews with footwear (1941); and lists of inhabitants, including some Jews (1941-1942).
Ventspils apriņķa policijas iestādes
- Ventspils District Police Institutions
- Polizeibehörden Kreis Windau
- Latvijas Nacionālā arhīva Latvijas Valsts vēstures arhīvs
- 1726
- English
- 1941-1945
- 601 files
- Updated 10 years ago
The fonds contains a large amount of information about activities of the police institution in the district since 1920. The wartime documents include information about Jewish property, (October 1941), arrests of escaped Jews and transferring them to the Ventspils security police, deserters from SS Legion, (July 1944), arrests of Roma (1944), list of Russians in the district (1945).
Krustpils pilsētas valde
- Krustpils City Council
- Stadtverwaltung Kreuzburg
- Latvijas Nacionālā arhīva Latvijas Valsts vēstures arhīvs
- 1878
- English
- 1941-1944
- 596 files
- Updated 10 years ago
The fonds contains information about the town history and its administration since 1919. The wartime documents show lists of Jewish property, purchases of Jewish property, and bills for collecting and guarding of Jewish belongings (1941-1943).
Ilūkstes apriņķa policijas iestādes
- Ilukste District Police Institutions
- Polizeibehörden Kreis Illuxt
- Latvijas Nacionālā arhīva Latvijas Valsts vēstures arhīvs
- 2041
- English
- 1919-1940
- 9,090 files
- Updated 10 years ago
The fonds contains information about activities of the police institutions in the district since 1919. The wartime documents contain information about Jewish property.
Madonas pilsētas valde
- Madona City Council
- Stadtverwaltung Madohn
- Latvijas Nacionālā arhīva Latvijas Valsts vēstures arhīvs
- 2095
- English
- 1920-1940
- 700 files
- Updated 10 years ago
The fonds contains information about the town history and its administration since 1920. The wartime documents include information on Jewish property, food rationing for Jews (September 1943), and food provisioning for Madona concentration camp.
Tukuma apriņķa vecākais
- Kreisleiter Tukums
- Latvijas Nacionālā arhīva Latvijas Valsts vēstures arhīvs
- 2145
- English
- 1941-1945
- 968 files
- Updated 10 years ago
The fonds contains information about the district administration since 1919. The wartime documents include regulations to wear the Star of David, lists of Jewish property, applications to allocate former Jewish property and belongings (1941-1943).
Jēkabpils apriņķa vecākais
- Kreisleiter Jacobstadt
- Jekabpils County Leader
- Latvijas Nacionālā arhīva Latvijas Valsts vēstures arhīvs
- 3792
- English
- 1941-1944
- 2,272 files
- Updated 10 years ago
The fonds contains information about the district administration since 19th century. The war period documents show information about the Jewish property.
Talsu apriņķa vecākajs
- Talsi County Leader
- Kreisleiter Talsen
- Latvijas Nacionālā arhīva Latvijas Valsts vēstures arhīvs
- 3794
- English
- 1919-1940
- 5,041 files
- Updated 10 years ago
The fonds contains information about the district administration since 1919. The wartime documents include information about the Jewish property – belongings left after eviction of Jews, misappropriation and purchase of Jewish property. Destruction of the Jewish cemetery in Talsi (October-November of 1942), interdiction of contacts between non-Jews and Jews working for Organization Todt in Mersrags and Upesgriva (May, 1943).
Limbažu pilsētas valde
- Limbazi City Council
- Stadtverwaltung Lemsal
- Latvijas Nacionālā arhīva Latvijas Valsts vēstures arhīvs
- 406
- English
- 1870-1940
- 812 files
- Updated 10 years ago
The fonds contains information about the town’s history administration since the 19th century. Most of the wartime files contain data concerning confiscation of Jewish trade and industry enterprises (1941).
Latvijas vēstures dokumenti ārzemju arhīvos
- Foreign archive documents about Latvian history
- Latvijas Nacionālā arhīva Latvijas Valsts vēstures arhīvs
- 4071
- English
- 1943-1945
- 147 files
- Updated 10 years ago
Registration cards of Latvian inmates of Stutthof and Buchenwald Concentration camps.
Tukuma-Talsu apriņķa policijas iestādes
- Tukums-Talsi District Police Institutions
- Polizeibehörden des Kreises Tukums-Talsen
- Latvijas Nacionālā arhīva Latvijas Valsts vēstures arhīvs
- 5114
- English
- 1941-1945
- 10230 files
- Updated 10 years ago
The fonds contains extensive information about activities of the Police institutions in the district since 1919. The wartime documents include information about the Jewish property and the acquisition and registration of Jewish belongings; confiscation of Jewish books; hiding of Jews; Jews who escaped from Kaltene camp (August 1941) and from the Salaspils pit factory; Jews and Poles who escaped from Częstochowa prison; list of Jews in Talsen; manhunting of Roma; Roma living in Kandava (1942); Russian prisoners of war who escaped from Grobina camp; and a list of prisoners of war.
Daugavpils apriņķs vecākais
- Kreisleiter Dünaburg
- Daugavpils County Leader
- Latvijas Nacionālā arhīva Latvijas Valsts vēstures arhīvs
- 5238
- English
- 1941-1944
- 100 files
- Updated 1 decade ago
Jewish property, acquisition and use, hiding of Jews by Latvians, participation in mass killings, food supply to Jews, certifying of civil parish employees of being of non Jewish origin (1942).