Tirdzniecības un rūpniecības akciju sabiedrība "Kūdra"

  • Trade and Industry Joint Stock Company "Peat"
  • Torfwerk Kudra
Identifier
5910
Language of Description
English
Dates
1933 - 1940, 1941 - 1944
Level of Description
Fonds
Languages
  • German
  • Latvian
Scripts
  • Latin
Source
EHRI

Extent and Medium

350 files

Creator(s)

Scope and Content

The fonds contains information about the work of pit factories throughout Latvia. The wartime documents include lists of ghetto inmates with dates of birth working at the Torfwerks throughout Latvia (Aizpute, Garoza, Misa, Sloka-Kemeri, Priedasine, Olaine, Salaspils, Skrunda, Smārde, Kukas, Ploce); rules about treatment of Jews at work; increasing of working capacity by providing of additional food rate; and a list of Jews from Priedaine Torfwerk who were sent back to the Riga ghetto on October 28, 1943.

Appraisal

Records of permanent keeping.

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

  • Four printed finding aids are available at the reading room.

Existence and Location of Originals

  • Original documents are in the custody of The National Archives of Latvia State Historical Archives of Latvia

Existence and Location of Copies

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

Publication Note

Katrin Reichelt. Lettland unter deutscher Besatzung 1941–1944. Der lettische Anteil am Holocaust. Metropol-Verlag Verlag, Berlin, 2011. 428 Seiten.

Archivist Note

Entry added on May 20, 2014 by Rita Bogdanova based on finding aids available at the repository.

Rules and Conventions

EHRI Guidelines for Description v.1.0

Dates of Descriptions

February-June of 2014

Corporate Bodies

Places