Tukuma-Talsu apriņķa policijas iestādes

  • Tukums-Talsi District Police Institutions
  • Polizeibehörden des Kreises Tukums-Talsen
Identifier
5114
Language of Description
English
Dates
1919 - 1940, 1941 - 1945
Level of Description
Fonds
Languages
  • German
  • Latvian
Scripts
  • Latin
Source
EHRI

Extent and Medium

10230 files

Scope and Content

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.

Accruals

No other records expected.

System of Arrangement

Files are arranged according to the inventories.

Conditions Governing Access

Free access.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

The physical condition of documents is satisfactory.

Finding Aids

  • 3 printed and handwritten finding aids are available at the reading room.

Existence and Location of Copies

  • USHMM RG-18.002M (Latvian Central State Historical Archive (Rīga) records)

Archivist Note

Entry added on June 13, 2014 by Rita Bogdanova based on finding aids available at the repository.

Rules and Conventions

EHRI Guidelines for Description v.1.0