Listing of Jews for deportation to Riga, Latvia

Identifier
irn515505
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1991.60
  • RG-10.439
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn515505

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Arthur Burian, a Jew who emigrated from Germany to the United States in 1937, found the list in Passau, Germany, (his hometown) while he was serving with the American Army during World War II. The list was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Beno Helmer in 1991.

Scope and Content

The papers consist of a 20-page document listing Jews for deportation to Rīga, Latvia, on November 20,1941. Contains names from all over Germany with about 20 to 30 names per page.

System of Arrangement

Arrangement is in the order in which received

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Germany.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Germany.
  • Jews--Germany--History--1933-1945.

Genre

  • Document
  • Registers.
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