Selected records from Vilnius Regional State Archives in Lithuania related to restitution of Jewish property after WWII
Extent and Medium
6,289 digital images, JPEG
Creator(s)
- Lithuania. Liaudies teismas.
Archival History
Vilniaus regioninis valstybės archyvas
Acquisition
Source of acquisition is the Vilniaus regioninis valstybės archyvas (Vilnius Regional State 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 and accretion in May 2018. This is a joint project USHMM and Yad Vashem.
Scope and Content
Records of the County People's Court related to the restitution and inheritance of the individual and communal Jewish property located in the Vilnius county, Lithuania after World War II.
System of Arrangement
Arrange in eight series: 1. Švenčionių District People's Court, 1944-1951: Criminal cases; 2. Širvintos District People's Court, 1944-1948: Civil cases; 3. Trakai District People's Court, 1944-1948: Civil cases and orders; 4. Šalčininkai District People's Court, 1947-1950 : Civil cases; 5. New Vilnus District People’s Court, 1945-1950: Civil case and orders; 6. Vilnius District People's Court, 1944-1951: Civil cases and orders; 7. Švenčionėliai District People's Court, 1945-1950: Statistical accounting cards of civil cases; 8. Ukmergė District People's Court, 1945-1951: Civil cases. Note: Digital files organized in numerical order of Fond.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Vilniaus regioninis valstybės archyvas
Subjects
- World War,1939 -1945--Confiscations and contributions--Lithuania.
- Trakai (Lithuania)
- Šalčininkai (Lithuania)
- Jewish property--Lithuania--Vilniaus apskritis--History--20th century.
- Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Lithuania--Vilniaus apskritis--History--20th century.
- Švenčionys (Lithuania)
- Švenčionėliai (Lithuania)
- Courts
- Švenčionys region (Lithuania)--History.
- Lithuania
- Vilniaus apskritis (Lithuania)
- Trakų rajonas (Lithuania)
- Širvintos (Lithuania)
- Jews--Lithuania--Vilniaus apskritis--Claims.
- Vilnius (Lithuania)--History--20th century--Sources.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Lithuania.
Genre
- Registers.
- Statistics.
- Document