Tirdzniecības un rūpniecības akciju sabiedrība "Kūdra"
- Trade and Industry Joint Stock Company "Peat"
- Torfwerk Kudra
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
Subjects
Places
- Sloka-Kemeri
- Misa
- Ploce
- Smarde
- Aizpute
- Salaspils
- Priedaine
- Garoza
- Skrunda
- Olaine
- Kukas