Valsts slepenpolicijas pārvalde Gestapo
- Secret State Police Office (Gestapo)
- Geheime Staatspolizei - Gestapo Amt
Extent and Medium
4 files
Creator(s)
Archival History
The records were received at the archives as captured materials. The inventory was compiled at the archives according to subjects and chronology in 1954.
Scope and Content
The fonds contains information collected since 1924, including information about the German secret police; German diplomatic mission reports, including reports on the activities of the Communist Party; Latvian political administration official staff lists; outgoing correspondence from the Baltic states to Germany; snippets from Latvian newspapers and newspapers from other European countries;; information about migrants (Übersiedler) from Baltic states in 1941, including names of agents and persons involved.
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
1 printed finding aid is 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 (Riga) records)
Publication Note
A. Angrik, P. Klein. The Final Solution in Riga: Exploitation and Annihilation, 1941-1944. New-York, Berghahn Books, 2009, 515 p.
Anita Kugler. Scherwitz: Der jüdische SS-Offizier Cologne, Kiepenheuer & Witsch, 2004, 758 p.
Katrin Reichelt. Lettland unter deutscher Besatzung 1941–1944. Der lettische Anteil am Holocaust. Metropol-Verlag Verlag, Berlin, 2011, 428 p.
Archivist Note
Entry added on June 10, 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