Lithuanian Jewish charities Lietuvos Žydų labdaros draugijos (Fond 1147)

Identifier
irn77124
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2014.16
  • RG-26.052
Dates
1 Jan 1922 - 31 Dec 1940
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Yiddish
  • Lithuanian
  • Hebrew
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn77124

Extent and Medium

88,425 digital images, JPEG

Archival History

Lietuvos centrinis valstybės archyvas

Acquisition

Forms part of the Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This archive consists of documentation whose reproduction and/or acquisition was made possible with funding from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Source of acquisition is the Lietuvos centrinis valstybės archyvas (Lithuanian Central State Archives), Fond 1147. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives International Archives Project in 2014.

Scope and Content

Contains records of Lithuanian Jewish charity organizations who provided aid to the Jewish repatriates from Russia expelled from Lithuania during the WWI, and to Jewish refugees who fled from Poland, 1939-1940 (ca, 12,000 refugees). Includes also files relating to the activities of Jewish charities in Vilnius (Vilna), Kaunas (Kovno) and other cities in Lithuania; minutes, reports, financial and statistical reports of Jewish organizations "Ezra", OZE; lists of Jews who applied for the financial aid and medical treatment, and individual forms with personal data of Jewish refugees.

System of Arrangement

The system of arrangement of the source repository has been preserved in the digital files. Arranged in four series: 1. Jewish repatriates from Russia, 1920-1922,1931-1933. 2. Jewish refugees who fled from Poland, 1939-1940. 3. Jewish charities in Vilnius (Vilna), Kaunas (Kovno) and other cities in Lithuania; 4. Statistics, reports, individual forms, and miscellaneous documents.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Lietuvos centrinis valstybės archyvas

Subjects

  • Lithuania--Emigration and immigration--Government policy--History--20th century.
  • Lithuania--Ethnic relations--20th century.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue--Lithuania.
  • Lithuania--Politics and government--20th century.
  • Jews--Lithuania--History--20th century--Registers.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Lithuania.
  • Jewish refugees--Europe--History--20thy century--Registers.
  • Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Lithuania--History--20th century.
  • Jews--Lithuania--Social conditions--20th century--Statistics.
  • Jews--Charities.

Genre

  • Reports.
  • Document
  • Registers.
  • Minutes.
  • Statistics.
  • Questionnaires.
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.

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