Selected records from Telšiai County Branch Archives in Lithuania related to restitution of the Jewish property after WWII

Identifier
irn557795
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2017.84.1
  • RG-26.065
Dates
1 Jan 1944 - 31 Dec 1954
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Lithuanian
  • Russian
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn557795

Extent and Medium

2,710 digital images, JPEG

Archival History

Telšių apskrities archyvas

Acquisition

Source of acquisition is theTelšių apskrities archyvas (Telšiai County Archives), Lithuania. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in February 2017. This is a joint project USHMM and Yad Vashem.

Scope and Content

Records of various county agencies (State Notary, County Executive Council, People's Court etc) related to the restitution and inheritance of individual and communal Jewish property located in the Telsiai County after World War II, includes sales contracts, wills, sales records and personal documentation of Jewish residents trying to re-establish ownership over their property and/or inheritance rights.

System of Arrangement

Arranged in five series: 1. State Notary Office of Plungė district, 1946-1957: Sales contracts, inheritance certificates, and resolutions and decisions of civil cases; 2. People Court of Telšiai district-Second Instance, 1946-1956: Resolutions and decisions of civil cases, establishment of the rights of inheritance; 3. State Notary Office of Mažeikiai district, 1946-1947: Sale contracts and testaments; 4. People Court of Mažeikiai district, 1945-1947: Resolutions and decisions of civil cases; 5. People Court of Seda, 1946-1951: Resolutions and decisions of civil cases; 6. State Notary Office of Telšiai district, 1945-1946: Certificate of inheritance and sales contracts; 7. People Court of Rietavas district, 1954. Note: Digital files organized in alphabetical order.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Telšių apskrities archyvas

Subjects

  • Jews--Lithuania--Plungė--Claims.
  • Mažeikiai (Lithuania)
  • Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Lithuania--Telšių apskritis--History--20th century.
  • Telšių apskritis (Lithuania)
  • World War,1939 -1945--Confiscations and contributions--Lithuania.
  • Mažeikiai (Telšių apskritis, Lithuania)
  • Rietavas (Lithuania)
  • Telšiai (Lithuania)
  • Jews--Lithuania--Telšiai--Claims.
  • Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Lithuania--Mažeikiai--History--20th century.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Lithuania.
  • Plungė (Lithuania)
  • Jewish property--Lithuania-Telšių apskritis--History--20th century.
  • Seda (Lithuania)

Genre

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.