Board of the Jewish Community, Wilno (Fond 1232)
Extent and Medium
3,786 digital images, JPEG
Archival History
Lietuvos centrinis valstybės archyvas
Acquisition
Source of acquisition is the Lietuvos centrinis valstybės archyvas (Lithuanian Central State Archives). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives International Archives Project in 2013.
Scope and Content
Records of the Council of the Vilnius Jewish Community in Lithuania, reflecting the inter war period and beginning of World War II. The collection includes correspondence with local and government authorities, the Bureau of the Rabbi, the Chief of Police of the City of Vilnius, the Jewish Community Committee for Refugees, and Jewish communities across Lithuania regarding budgets and tax collection. Also includes reports, statistics, budget proposals, salaries of Jewish community officials, minutes, and certificates of war refugees.
System of Arrangement
- The Bureau of Rabbi of the Jewish Community in Vilnius; 2. Minutes and protocols of the Council of the Jewish Community in Vilnius; 3. The budget of the Jewish Community in Vilnius, 1930-1931; 4. Lists of taxpayers of the Jewish Community, 1923-1924; 5. The list of municipal contributions; 6. Certificates for war refugees.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Lietuvos centrinis valstybės archyvas
Subjects
- Jewish refugees--Lithuania--Vilnius--History--20th century.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Lithuania.
- Jews--Lithuania--Social conditions--20th century--Statistics.
- Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Lithuania--History--20th century.
- Jewish councils--Lithuania--Vilnius--History--20th century.
- Vilnius (Lithuania)-Ethnic relations.
Genre
- Registers.
- Protocols.
- Birth certificates.
- Death certificates.
- Document
- Statistics.
- Minutes.
Copies
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Lietuvos centrinis valstybės archyvas