Selected records from the Estonian State Archive

Identifier
irn39729
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2010.38
  • RG-13.001M
Dates
1 Jan 1942 - 31 Dec 1944
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
  • Estonian
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn39729

Extent and Medium

8 microfilm reels (digitized), 16 mm

15,029 digital images,

Archival History

Eesti Riigiarhiiv

Acquisition

Forms part of the Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This archive consists of documentation whose reproduction and/or acquisition was made possible with funding from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Source of acquisition is the Esti Riigiarhiiv (Estonian States Archives), formerly the EstTsGaor (Estonian Central State Archive of the October Revolution), in Tallinn. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection from the Estonian State Archive via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Project in April 2010.

Scope and Content

Contains selected records of Baltöl, the German petroleum company in Estonia; arrest and interrogation records of Jews (R-64); and other miscellaneous records concerning the Holocaust in Estonia.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Eesti Riigiarhiiv

Subjects

  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Estonia.
  • Estonia--Ethnic relations--History--20th century.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Collaborationists--Estonia.
  • Estonia--History--German occupation, 1941-1944.
  • Tallin (Estonia)
  • Forced labor--Estonia--Tallin.
  • Jews--Persecutions--Estonia--History--20th century.

Genre

  • Document
This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.

Copies

  • Rahvusarchiiv

    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Eesti Riigiarhiiv