Selected records from the Regional State Archives in Opava

Identifier
irn713314
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2019.478.1
  • RG-48.052
Dates
1 Jan 1939 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Czech
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn713314

Extent and Medium

246,66 digital images, JPEG

Archival History

Státní okresní archiv v Opavě

Acquisition

Source of acquisition is the Státní okresní archiv v Opavě (State District Archive Opava), Czech Republic. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the digitized collection via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Project in Dec. 2019, and accretions in Feb. July and Aug. 2020., July 2021. This is ongoing project.

Scope and Content

Features administrative records pertaining to the expropriation of Jewish properties and assets and the enactment of anti-Jewish measures in the districts of Opava and Olomouc, including from the Oberlandrat, the Regierungspräsident Troppau, the SD headquarters in Opava, the Gestapo headquarters in Opava, the Finance Chief in Opava, and the Police Headquarters in Olomouc. Also features administrative records from the State District Archives Přerov, State District Archives Šumperk, State District Archives Bruntal, State District Archives Karviná, State District Archives Jeseník, and the State District Archives Olomouc pertaining to Landrat headquarters and district offices, including in Bílovec, Český Těšín, Darkov, Dolní Lipová, Doubrava, Fryštát, Horní Lutyně, Hranice, Javorník, Kojetín, Loštice, Nový Bohumín, Nový Jičín, Orlová, Otice, Petrovice, Přerov, Studénka, Těšín, Tovačov, and Zlaté Hory.

System of Arrangement

Arranged in the following groups: 1, Cartons OLR 142-180 ; Regierungspresident Troppau OP 00107- OP 00130; 2, Cartons VFP 1-25, 375-561; 3, Cartons 64-103; 4 and 5, Cartons :158-200; 6 : Moravska Ostrava : Files OP-01505 - OP 01554; Prostejov: Files OP-0155 - OP 01605.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Státní okresní archiv v Opavě

Subjects

  • Otice (Czech Republic)
  • Loštice (Czech Republic)
  • Karviná (Czech Republic)
  • Confiscations--Czechoslovakia--Bohemia and Moravia (Protectorate, 1939-1945)
  • Olomouc (Czech Republic)
  • Jeseník (Czech Republic)
  • Opava (Czech Republic)
  • Aryanization--Czechoslovakia--History--20th century.
  • Hranice (Olomoucky kraj, Czech Republic)
  • Český Těšín (Czech Republic)
  • Studénka (Czech Republic)
  • Petrovice u Sedlčan (Czech Republic)
  • Bruntál (Czech Republic)
  • Javorník (Czech Republic)
  • World War, 1939 -1945--Confiscations and contributions--Czechoslovakia.
  • Orlová (Czech Republic)
  • Horní Lutyně (Czech Republic)
  • Zlaté Hory (Czech Republic)
  • Bílovec (Czech Republic)
  • Kojetín (Czech Republic)
  • Darkov (Czech Republic)
  • Dolní Lipová (Czech Republic)
  • Nový Bohumín (Czech Republic)
  • Přerov (Olomoucký kraj, Czech Republic)
  • Těšín (Czech Republic)
  • Fryštát (Czech Republic)
  • Tovačov (Czech Republic)
  • Jews property--Czechoslovakia--History--20th century--Registers.
  • Nový Jičín (Czech Republic)
  • Šumperk (Czech Republic)
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Czechoslovakia.
  • Doubrava (Czech Republic)

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.