by David Thompson on 08 Feb 2003 18:57 Here are some of the finding aids for records on this subject, from the US Holocaust Memoral Museum Website:
http://www.ushmm.org/uia-cgi/uia_doc/archives/xRG6027
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archival Finding Aid
Latvian State Archives of the Former Latvian KGB (State Security Committee) records from Fond 1986 relating to war crimes investigations and trials in Latvia, 1941-1995 (bulk 1944-1966) [manuscript RG-06.027]
36 linear in. (8 boxes)
Organized: Box 1, Case 182 - Case 1261; Box 2, Case 1297/1 - 14817; Box 3, Case 15420 - Case 30614; Box 4, Case 30628 - Case 39933; Box 5, Case 40558/tom 1 - Case 42500; Box 6, Case 42604 - Case 44899/4; Box 7, Case 44934/1 - Case 45100/3, and Box 8, Case 45100/4 - Case 45285. Arrangement of the cases is numerical. Arrangement of documents within each case is primarily chronological.
Summary: Contains photocopies of selected interrogation transcripts, decrees, biographical data sheets, witness statements, photographs, and various other court and trial documents from the Latvian State Archives Fond 1986 relating to the arrest, investigation, prosecution, and sentencing of war criminals accused of atrocities committed in Latvia during World War II. The materials in the collection range in date from 1941 to 1995 with the bulk of the documents dating from 1944 to 1966.
Language note: Chiefly in Russian with some Latvian. The finding aid is in English.
Received from: Latvijas Valsts Arhivs; Reg. Nr. 03496177 Bezdeliguiela 1, Riga, LV-1007; Purchase.
Provenance: The Federalnaia sluzhba bezopasnosti Rossii (KGB / State Security Committee) compiled the records for the purposes of war crime investigations and prosecution from ca. 1944 to 1995. The cases are located in Fond 1986 of the Latvian State Archives (Latvijas Valsts Arhivs). United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives purchased and received photocopies of the cases in November 1997.
Case #836-2 Laimans Karlovich Zarinsh and others, 1945-1965.
167,168 Excerpt from interrogation of Ernest Aleksandrovich Sinaitis. 22 May 1945.
171-174 Excerpt from interrogation of Adolf Liudvigovich Pukherts. 30 May 1945. 4 pp.
175,176 Excerpt from interrogation of Pukherts. 2 July 1945. 2 pp.
Case #38295/1 Januaryis J. Indriksons and others, 1946.
Januaryis J. Indriksons, accused of personally killing Jews in Riga area.
Januaryis J. Gertsons, accused of fighting against Soviet forces.
Arnold J. Javnozolinsh, accused of fighting against Soviet forces.
Imans Liepa, accused of fighting against Soviet forces.
Krish V. Miezavs, accused of fighting against Soviet forces.
Indrikisa-Juris Kristaps, accused of fighting against Soviet forces.
Andrey A. Januarysons, accused of fighting against Soviet forces.
Johan-Robert Lazda, accused of fighting against Soviet forces.
Arnold A. Roms, accused of fighting against Soviet forces.
Liudvig-Januaryis Roms, accused of fighting against Soviet forces.
Alfred-Januaryis Burkevich, accused of fighting against Soviet forces.
Rheingold F. Tserinsh, accused of fighting against Soviet forces.
Petr J. Latvelis, accused of helping Januaryis J. Indriksons and Januaryis J. Gertsons hide after the war.
Januaryis E. Namikis, accused of helping Januaryis J. Indriksons and Januaryis J. Gertsons hide after the war.
Herbert A. Miezis, accused of helping others in case after the war.
Mirdza E. Miesis, accused of helping others in case after the war.
Emma J. Ozolinsh, accused of helping others in case after the war.
Karlis P. Garoza, NKVD official, accused of helping others in cases after the war.
1 Arrest order for Indriksons. 13 July 1946. 1 p.
5,6 Personal data on Indriksons. n.d. 4 pp.
30-37 Interrogation [incomplete] of Indriksons. 2 Aug. 1946. 16 pp.
Case #38295/2 Januaryis J. Indriksons and others continued, 1946.
235-260 Concluding indictment. 31 Aug. 1946. 26 pp.
354,355 Soviet Union Supreme Court decision affirming or altering sentences. 27 December 1946. 4 pp.
Case #39079 case, 1947-1956.
328-334 Excerpt from record of trial of Januaryis J. Litauniks. 6 October 1952. 7 pp.
335 Sentence (copy) of Litauniks. 6 October 1952. 2 pp.
160-168 Record (copy) of trial of Petr Yu. Pauninsh. 15 December 1948. 9 pp.
169-172 Interrogation (copy) of Aleksandr Yu. Vingris. 4 Aug. 1952. 4 pp.
173-177 Excerpt (copy) from record of Vingris's trial. 26 September 1952. 5 pp.
178-180 Statement of commission studying Nazi war crimes in Preili and Daugavpils area. 30 March 1945. 3 pp.
Box 4 Case #39933 case, 1948-1950.
42-44 Interrogation (copy) of Vladislav F. Arays. 6 May 1948. 3 pp.
45,46 Excerpt from record of Arays's trial. 24 May 1948.. 2 pp.
Case #44853/1 Saukitens and Urbene, 1962.
137-141 Interrogation of Ansis J. Domburs [a.k.a. Ansis Damburs]. 11 May 1946. 5 pp.
142-159 Translation [in Russian] of Latvian-language testimony of Ansis J. Domburs. 13 June 1946. 18 pp.
160,161 Statement on examination of criminal archives. 13 Aug. 1962. 2 pp.
162 Physician's statement on death of prisoner Albert Ansovich Kondras. n.d. 1 p.
163,164 Interrogation of Kondras. 31 October 1944. 3 pp.
165-170 Interrogation of Kondras. 2 November 1944. 6 pp.
174-180 Interrogation of Kondras. 25 December 1944. 7 pp.
Box 7
Case #45038
62 Document [in Latvian] of Rezeknes police. 20 July 1942. 1 p.
70 Message [in Latvian and Russian] to Daugavpils procurator that all residents of the town of Audrini have been arrested and the town burned. January 1942. 1 p.
44 List of persons shot during German occupation of Berzagam (near Rezeknes). n.d. 1 p.
50 Statistics on persons killed in Andrupen Volost. 31 October 1944. 1 p.
73 Statistics on victims in Kaunat Volost. n.d. 1 p.
92 Statistics on victims in Maltan Volost. 31 October 1944. 1 p.
98 Statistics on victims in Makatan Volost. 31 October 1944. 1 p.
111 Statistics on victims in Ozolain Volost. 31 October 1944. 1 p.
118 Statistics on victims in Reznen Volost. 3 October 1944. 1 p.
165 Statistics on victims in Silayan Volost. 31 October 1944. 1 p.
Case #45285 Viktor-Bernhard T. Arais case, 1975-1976.
Accused of directing the killing of political prisoners and Jews in Bikernieks forest and Rumbulsk forest near Riga and personally shooting Soviet citizens.
1,2 Statement on the examination of the file in the case of Juris P. Shumskis. 27 November 1975. 2 pp.
35,36 Statement on the examination of the file in the case of Artur N. Abols. 28 November 1975. 2 pp.
49-55 Statement on the examination of the file in the case of Miervaldis A. Lavinsh. 5 January 1976. 7 pp.
56-59 Excerpt from interrogation of Miervaldis A. Lavinsh. 3 January 1945. 4 pp.
103-110 Statement on the examination of the file in the case of Robert Gulbis. 16 February 1976. 8 pp.
239-244 Statement on the examination of the file in the case of Erik K. Glaznieks. 16 February 1976. 6 pp.
136-142 List of persons who are mentioned in documents relating to case of Viktor-Bernhard T. Arais. 27 Aug. 1976. 7 pp.
11-13 Decision to request extension of duration of investigation in the Arais case. 13 January 1976. 3 pp.
14-16 Decision to request extension of duration of investigation in the Arais case. 6 May 1976. 3 pp.
22-34 Decision [incomplete] to stop investigation in Arais case until his whereabouts are determined. n.d. 13 pp.
http://www.ushmm.org/uia-cgi/uia_doc/archives/xRG18002M
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archival Finding Aid
Latvian Central State Historical Archive (Riga) records, 1941-1945 [microform]. [manuscript RG-18.002M]
33 microfilm reels ; 16 mm.
Provenance: The Generalkommissariat in Riga, the Reichskommissariat für das Ostland, the Latvian Legion, the Wehrmachtsbefehlhaber Ostland, and other occupation and collaboration agencies in occupied Latvia created the records during World War II. The Soviet (Red Army) captured the records at the end of the war and later deposited them in the Latvian Central State Historical Archive in Riga, Latvia. The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives filmed selected files from the archives in Riga in 1991.
Restriction on access: Unrestricted access.
Restriction on use: Restrictions apply. See cooperative agreement with the Central State Historical Archive, Riga.
Summary: Contains information about concentration of Latvian Jews; persecution of Jews and Gypsies; confiscation of Jewish property; activities of partisans; collaboration of Latvians; activities of various police forces; and the ghettos in Riga, Liebau, and nearby localities.
Organization and arrangement: Arrangement is thematic.
Language: In German and Latvian.
Preferred citation: Standard citation for U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives. Cite Latvian Central State Historical Archive - Riga as custodian of the originals.
Location: STACKS, Microfilm drawer UC33.
Inventory
Reel 1
1. Food rations for persons in prisons and concentration camps (R30-4-5)
Summary: Contains information about rationing and food amounts for persons in prisons and concentration camps, apparently in the area of Riga, Latvia.
2. Records relating to the Riga Termgefangnis (R30-4-20)
Summary: Contains information about the prison canteen (Gemeinschaft Termgefangnis) in Riga.
3. Records relating to food rationing for Jewish laborers and prisoners of Salaspils (R39-5-59)
Summary: Contains information about the establishment of a kitchen for laborers from Duenaburg, rationing of food for Jewish laborers, food for Salaspils prisoners working for area businesses, and the acquisition of vegetables for the city hospital in Riga.
4. Records relating to the Riga fire brigade; the reorganization of the civil government in Latvia; the regulation of travel outside the Reichskommissariat Ostland; and the appointment of the Wehrmachtsbefehlhaber Ostland (R69-1A-1)
Summary: Contains information about reprisals for sabotage against German soldiers; liquidation of the Riga fire brigade and the establishment of a new fire department by the Generalkommissar of Riga, Oct to Nov 1941; the "Assembly of Representatives of Latvian Organizations" on 11 Jul 1941 in Riga; appointment of the new Wehrmachtsbefehlshaber Ostland in 1941; activities of the SS, Schutzpolizei, and Gendarmerie in Latvia; separation of Germans and native Latvians on the railroads; directives issued by the Generalkommissar giving instruction on the administration of the occupied territories in Ostland; and regulation of travel between the Reichskommissariat and other neighboring territories.
5. Records of the Reichskommissariat fur das Ostland concerning the monitoring of various ethnic, political, and church groups in Latvia (R69-1A-2)
Summary: Contains information about the monitoring of various ethnic, political, and religious groups in Latvia including Jews, Gypsies, the Lidumnieks, and the Latvian Evangelical Church; the suppression of the Russian population; special handling of Jews and Gypsies by the SS; regulation of celebrations of the Latvian independence day by the Germans; youth organizations in Latvia; banning of religious processions; Islamic (Moslem) prisoners of war; establishment of a Vertrauenstelle for "russische Volksgruppe;" the formation and charters of Die Roder and the Lidumniek political organizations.
6. Records relating to the Raumordnungsplan fur das Ostland, 1942-1944 (R69-1A-3)
Summary: Contains information about the Raumordnungsplan fuer das Ostland, 14 Nov 1942; protection of factories from air attacks; development of industry and shipping in Ostland; names and locations of private industry in Ostland; and plans for improvement of railroads, new military practice grounds, new harbors in the Baltic region, new airports in Ostland, and improvements for the city of Liebau.
Reel 2
7. Records relating to confiscation of property and refugees in Ostland (R69-1A-4)
Summary: Contains information about space requirements for government offices and the Wehrmacht; lodging for German troops, refugees, and Russian laborers; statistics for refugees; confiscation of school, sanatoria, and hospital facilities for use by occupation forces; and actions for the evacuation of refugees by transport.
8. Records relating to mixed marriages and handling of Jews in the Reichskommissariat Ostland (R69-1A-6)
Summary: Contains information about regulations for marriages between non-Jews and Jews, between German citizens and citizens of the Baltic region, and between German soldiers and citizens of the Baltic region; handling of Jews and Gypsies in the Reichskommissariat Ostland; the solution of the "Judenfrage" in Ostland; Ambassador Alexander Kacens and the Latvian government-in-exile in Istanbul; Latvian national independence celebration on 18 Nov 1943; Estonian and Latvian [?collaboration] air force units; the concentration of Jews into small concentration camps; initiation of the "Deutsche Volksliste;" establishment of ghettos; regulation and resettlement of evacuees; and use of youths from the Baltic region in labor camps.
9. Records relating to partisan activity in Ostland (R69-1A-8)
Summary: Contains information about partisan (bandits) activities in Ostland; directives to teach the indigenous population to speak German; forced decrease of travel by the civilian population; distribution of alcohol (liquor) to the community "elders;" celebration of the harvest festival in Goldinger; areas near Riga designated for torpedo squadron practice; identification of persons related to Wehrmacht personnel; alternative quartering for civil servants of the Reichskommissariat; assigning of seals and coat of arms crests to various government offices and agencies; the July Feiertags celebration by the Orthodox Church; naturalization of foreign citizens who ara native to the occupied eastern territory; and the confiscation of property of refugees.
10. Records relating to rationing and procurement of food and supplies in Ostland (R69-1A-10)
Summary: Contains information about regulation of rations; recruitment of labor; distribution of alcohol; resettlement of Baltic citizens; statistics for distribution of food supplies and horses; Russian refugees; the 1943 harvest in Ostland; special handling of Poles in Ostland; provisions for and quartering of the Wehrmacht; the "Turiba" organization led by Ernst Puravs; supplies for prisoners in Salaspils (pp. 214-217); and provisions for prisoners of war in Ostland.
11. Records relating to schools, universities, and educators, 1941-1944 (R69-1A-12)
Summary: Contains information about establishment and closing of schools; regulation of curriculum; investigation and dismissal of educators; political, economic, and cultural situations in Latvia; regulation of languages used in the Baltic states; industry; confiscation of church registers; security of various Kreisarchives; and plans for youth labor.
Reel 3
12. Records relating to damage and destruction of railroads and bridges in the Soviet Union, 1941 and 1943 (R69-1A-15)
Summary: Contains information about damage to various bridges in the Soviet Union, their locations, and suggestions for repair; damage to railroads in the Soviet Union; organization schemes for the Sowjet-russiche Eisenbahnverwaltung, Chaussenverwaltung, and Nachrichtsverwaltung; and activities of the Revisions-Generaldirektion for Sep - Oct 1941.
13. Records relating to the Russian Orthodox Church, adoption of foreign children, and the National Socialist Party in Russia (R69-1A-16)
Summary: Contains information about various subjects including air raids on Schwanenberg; episodes of resistance activity by "bandits" in Modohn; selection of the new Russian patriarch in 1943; censorship of the Latvian press; naturalization of Ostland natives; Soviet prisoners of war; recruitment of Latvian laborers into service for the Germans; voluntary SS legions; labor unions; the arrest and interrogation of Gustavs Clemins; the "Briva Latvija" newspaper; recruitment into and activities of the Reichsarbeitsdienst; regulation of adoption of foreign children; Nationalsozialistische Russichen Arbeiter-Partei; the Kaminski Manifest; religious care for Russian evacuees; Masonic organizations; repatriation of White Russians; and the evacuation of 4,500 refugees from ?Agluna to Germany.
14. Situation reports of district kommissars of various Latvian cities, 1941-1942 (R69-1A-17)
Summary: Contains situation reports from district Kommissars of several Latvian cities for 1941 and 1941 including Riga, Daugavpils, Liebau, and Jelgava. The reports include information about the conditions of industry, politics, economics, health and hygiene, culture, education, agriculture, and churches. Also included is information about disease control, persecution of Jews, the Riga ghetto, the mentally ill, and the Latvian intelligentsia.
15. Montly reports from Gebietkommissars in Riga, Daugavpils, Liebau, Wolmar (Valmiera), and Mitau (Jelgava), 1942-1943 (R69-1A-18)
Summary: Contains monthly Lageberichte from district Kommissars of several Latvian cities for 1942 and 1943 including Riga, Daugavpils, Valmiera (a.k.a.Wolmar), Liebau, and Jelgava. The reports include information about the conditions of industry, politics, economics, health and hygiene, culture, education, schools, and agriculture. Also included is information about disease control, persecution of Jews, activities of churches, utilization of Latvian civilians and Jews in the labor force, labor statistics, Jews in ghettos, construction projects in which Jews were laborers, sterilization of Jewish women, distribution of ration and clothing cards, and communist propaganda.
16. Records relating to religious organizations, sports organizations, and the erection of ghettos in several cities in Ostland (R69-1A-19)
Summary: Contains information about religious groups banned by the Nazis; utilization of Jewish labor; erection of ghettos in Riga, Jelgava, Valmiera, and several other cities in Ostland; statistics on ghetto populations; instructions for administration and guarding of ghettos; special handling of mixed marriages; Jewish property; the "rassenpolitischen Pruefungskommission;" Peter-Pauls-Bruederschaft; promotion and support or sports groups including the "Aizsargi" and "Lettischen Aeroklubs"; banning of singing or playing of the Latvian national hymn and prayer; and suppression of the Russian population in the occupied East.
Reel 4
17. Records relating to health issues, hospitals and sanitariums, and sterilization (R69-1A-20)
Summary: Contains information about various health issues including the combat of typhus and the coerced sterilization of Jews; locations of hospitals and sanitariums; numbers of hospital beds; delousing programs; resistance through bacterial sabotage; activities of the Eugenischen Kommission; the mentally ill; and a Latvian physician who is married to a Jew, drafted into the Waffen SS Latvian Legion [pp. 169-177].
18. Administrative records relating to the appointment of Oskar Danker, the first general director of Latvia, 1942-1944 (R69-1A-21)
Summary: Contains information about Latvian General Oskar Danker, his "Lebenslauf," his family history, his military record, and his appointment to the office of general director of the "Generalbezirk" Latvia.
19. Records relating to the suppression of sabotage acts, 1942-1943 (R69-1A-25)
Summary: The bulk of the records are administrative in nature and relate to the classification and proper handling of documents. Materials dealing with the suppression of acts of sabotage are found on pages 263 through 311. Also included is a Jan 1943 Lagebericht for the Security Police.
20. Records relating to partisan resistance and anti-Nazi propaganda in Latvia, 1942-1944 (R69-1A-26)
Summary: Contains Latvian language pamphlets and newspaper articles and German translations of Latvian-language pamphlets and newspaper articles with information about partisan resistance; anti-Nazi propaganda; Latvian response to the German occupation of Germany; and the activities of the Red Army.
21. Records relating to anti-German propaganda in Latvia and to Latvian author Senta Maurina, 1942 (R69-1A-27)
Summary: Contains information about anti-German propaganda, persecution of Russian citizens, and the anti-Geman literature of Senta Maurina. Also included is information about the evacuation of Walk.
22. Records relating to the seizure of Jewish property in Riga and other cities (R69-1A-28)
Summary: Contains information about seizure of Jewish property in several Latvian cities including Riga, Liepaja, and Valmiera; military issues including conscription and distribution of weapons; and regulation of language use in the Baltic States.
23. Records relating to the local police force in Mohdon, Jan 1942 (R69ds-6-38)
Summary: Contains information about the Kreispolizei in Modohn in Jan 1942.
24. Records relating to the administration of the occupied Eastern territory, guidelines for handling the Jewish question in the occupied East, and the "Fuhrer's Second Decree on the Introduction of Civil Administration" (R70-5-7)
Summary: Book on the "Organization of the Administration in the Occupied Eastern Areas" which includes "Guidelines for the handling of the Jewish question." Also includes information about compulsory labor for Jews and the "Fuehrer's Second Decree on the Introduction of Civil Administration."
25. Records relating to the establishment, organization, and administration of police forces in the occupied East, 1941-1943 (R70-5-8)
Summary: Contains information about the establishment, organization, and administration of a general police for the entire occupied East as well as local police units. Also included is information about industry for armaments and munitions; activities of Einsatzstab Rosenberg; the "Eindeutschung" of inhabitants of the occupied East; use of "U-Boat" warfare; collaborationist Russian general Vlassov in Mogilev; erection of practice and drilling grounds for the Waffen-SS; participation of "Volksgruppen" in government; and conscription of laborers.
Reel 5
26. Guide to agencies of the Reichskommissariat Ostland; guidelines for administration in the occupied East; and workshops in the Kaunas ghetto (R70-5-11)
Summary: Contains a guide to the various agencies of the Reichskommissariat Ostland; information about the release of administrative decrees; information about the handling of classified materials; guidelines and directives on administration in the occupied East; information about the establishment of workshops and about Jewish laborers in the Kaunas ghetto; and regulation of travel in and out of the occupied East.
27. Records relating to the treatment of Jews in Latvia and the administrative activities of the Wehrmacht, 1941-1944 (R70-5-15)
Summary: Contains a copy of "Allgemeine Anweisung ueber die Anwendung der Miliaerverwaltungsanordnungen" (approximately 150 pages) which includes information about Latvian police forces (p. 38), persecution of Latvian Jews (p. 87-88, 147), Judenraete, ghettos, evacuations of Jews, and Jewish laborers. Also included is information about Wehrmacht orders involving contact with Jews (pp. 161 and 162); political prisoners, Jewish prisoners, and POWs in Daugavpils (pp. 226 and 227); construction of an airport in Jewe, Lithuania; combating partisans (p. 267); designations for torpedo practices areas near Riga; and regulation of travel in the occupied East.
28. Records relating to confiscation of property of anti-fascists, communists, Jews, and refugees in the occupied East, 1940-1944 (R70-5-19)
Summary: Contains information about confiscation of property of anti-fascists ("deutschfeindlicher personen"), communists, Jews, and refugees in the occupied East from ca. 1940 to ca. 1944.
29. Records relating to the evacuation of Jews and Jewish property, 1941-1944 (R70-5-23)
Summary: Contains information about evacuations of Jews (p. 24) and registration of Jewish property (p. 64). Also included is information about "Vertrauenstelle" (security clearance offices) for "russische Volksgruppe" (ethnic russians); lessening of parental control over the enlistment of minors in the Wehrmacht and the SS; directives for government administration in the occupied East; handling of anti-fascists and Soviet POWs; choosing a national seal/coat of arms for the indigenous population; extradition of Estonians who fled to Finland; regulation of national holidays; and new borders with the Ukraine and White Russia.
30. Records relating to confiscation of Jewish property, 1942-1943 (R70-5-24)
Summary: Contains information about confiscation and handling of Jewish and other property by police forces and the SS with special attention to gold, silver, and other valuables. Also includes information on property seized in Tallinn, Estonia, Lithuania, and Minsk, USSR.
31. Records relating to the 22-23 Jan 1943 meeting of the Gebietskommissars of the Reichskommissariat Ostland (R70-5-31)
Summary: Program, agenda, and reports relating to the 22-23 Jan 1943 meeting. Contains information relating to the suppression of partisan activity; use of propaganda; organization of youth groups in the Baltics; and participation of Poles in government.
32. Records relating to civil administration in Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania and the Dankers report of Jan 1942 (R70-5-32)
Summary: Contains information about civil administration in the Baltics; various domestic matters; officials of the administration; administration of the military; and Valdmanis, Director of Justice. Also included is the Jan 1942 report by Dankers, General Director of the Interior, relating to political situation of Latvia.
33. Records relating to Jewish mixed marriages and special handling of Jews in the Baltic states, 1942-1943 (R70-5-34)
Summary: Contains information about the definition of "Jude"; marriages between Jews and non- Jews; special handling of Jews in the occupied East; restrictive laws for Jews in the Baltics; registration of Jews and Jewish property; and special handling of foreign Jews.
34. Records relating to schoold, the press, and the political situation in the Baltics, 1941-1942 (R70-5-35)
Summary: Contains information about schools and education; educators; creation of a state university in Riga; appointment of the "Tevija" newspaper as the central organ of the Latvian press; various newspapers in Latvia and Estonia. Also included are "lagebericht" discussing the status of politics, economics, culture, and industry in the Baltics and a German-language translation of an article by W. A. Brystrjansky concerning the German colonization of the Baltics and the Soviet Union.
Reel 6
35. Reports on partisan activity in Ostland, Jan-May 1943 (R70-5-36)
Summary: Reports from the Wehrmacht commander in Riga dated from Jan to May 1943 containing information about combating partisans; statistics on partisan casualties; and sabotage to industry, railroads and business. Also included is a 21 Dec 1942 memorandum by the Wehrmacht commander describing what was known about Russian prisoners of war. The memo also includes information on the Jewish question in the Soviet Union, POW camps, and the influence of propaganda in the Soviet Union.
36. Reports on partisan activity and anti-fascist propaganda, 1942-1944 (R70-5-42)
Summary: Reports from the Wehrmacht commander in Riga from Nov-Dec 1942 and Nov-Dec 1943 containing information about combating partisans, statistics on partisan casualties, sabotage to industry, railroads, and business. Also included are memos and situation reports from Apr 1943 containing information about anti-fascist propaganda, economics, radio broadcasting, the press, and labor in Ostland.
37. Records relating to renaming of streets in Riga and conditions in the Riga ghetto (R70-5-44)
Summary: The bulk of the file unit relates to renaming of streets and plazas in various Latvian cities. Also included are two situation reports filed by the Kommandeur der Ordnungspolizei und Polizeifuehrer Lettland. The 23 Dec 1941 report comments on conditions in the Riga ghetto (p. 29).
38. Records relating to special handling of classified and encoded materials and liquidation of Jews in White Russia (Byelorussia) (R70-5-47)
Summary: Contains information about employment of non-Germans by German occupation agencies; guidelines for handling and circulating classified and encoded materials; examples of actual administrative forms; and directions for use of the Reichspost. Also included is a 20 Aug 1943 memo with a reference to a 19 Jul 1943 report concerning the liquidation of Jews in White Russia [p. 73].
39. Records relating to administration of the Baltic States by the German occupation government; suppression of the national anthems of the Baltics; and monitoring of Baltic celebrations (R70-5-56)
Summary: Contains information about suppression of singing and recitation of national anthems (hymns) of the Baltic states; monitoring of the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Latvian release from Bolshevism (22 May 1919) by the occupation government; questions of land ownership in Latvia between Germany and the Soviet Union; and the 1943-1944 nominations and appointments of Latvian citizens by the German occupation government for positions as "Generaldirektoren" in the local government.
40. Records relating to handling of the native population in Ostland; confiscation of religious art; and expropriation of Jewish property (R70-5-63)
Summary: Contains information about the treatment of the native population in Ostland; acceptable methods of punishment for natives of Ostland; confiscation of illuminated Bibles from an Orthodox church by Einsatzstab Rosenberg [p. 30]; and expropriation of Jewish property [p. 31].
41. Records relating to Jews in the labor force and Jews in concentration camps in Ostland (R70-5-65)
Summary: Contains information about regulations for use of Jews in the labor force and information about the imprisonment of Jews in concentration camps in Ostland.
41. Records relating to conscription of Ostland natives into the labor force; partisan activity in Byelorussia; deployment of youth and refugees in the labor force; and use of prisoners of war in the forestry and logging industry (R70-5-67 parts 1 and 2)
Summary: Contains information about conscription of natives of Ostland into the work force; partisan activity in Byelorussia; relocation of industry in the Baltic states; use of youth and refugees in the labor force; and use of prisoners of war in the forestry and logging industry.
42. Records relating to employment, transportation, housing, and evacuations of refugees in Ostland; refugees in concentration camps in Ostland; and partisan activity in Ostland (R70-5-72)
Summary: Contains information about housing of refugees, transportation of refugees, refugees in concentration camps in Ostland, and use of refugee labor. Also includes information about evacuation of families from areas in Ostland known to be infested with partisans; activities of Einsatzgruppen in Ostland; prisoners of war; and populations of concentration camps.
Reel 7
44. Records relating to military administration; administration of the city of Riga; return of property to original owners; and utilization of labor in Ostland (R70-5-73)
Summary: Contains information about military administration; administration of the city of Riga; special handling of classified materials; establishment of hospitals for tuberculosis and psychiatric patients; border control between Estonia and Latvia; the 1944 trip of Oskar Dankers, the first General Director of Ostland, to Finland; regulations for contributions to churches; and return of property to Poles by the Germans. Also includes a booklet entitled "Die Arbeiter aus dem Osten." The booklet contains information about the utilization of the labor force from Ostland and the relationship between Ostland laborers and Bolshevism.
45. Records relating to the administration of teh city of Riga; "Judische Mischlinge"; and confiscation of Jewish property and property of enemies of the Reich (R70-5-74)
Summary: Contains information about administration of the city of Riga; official/military dress codes; employment of "Judische Michlinge" [p. 92]; reform and reduction of the "self administration" governments of Estonia and Lithuania; confiscation of Jewish property and property of enemies of the Reich [p. 173]; financial support for native families with several children; and new regulations for salaries of military personnel.
46. Records relating to repatriation of Baltic Germans (R70-5-76)
Summary: Contains information about repatriation of Baltic Volksdeutsche from the Baltic States to Germany. Documents range in date from Sep 1942 to Apr 1943.
47. Records relating to the investigation of Fr. Gennadius Komarowski (R70-5-77)
Summary: Contains information about Fr. Gennadius Komarowski, the priest of the Greek-Orthodox community of Borowka-Silene, Kreis Illuxt (a.k.a. Ilukste, Latvia), and the investigation of his alleged connections with the communist party. Documents range from Apr 1942 to Sep 1942.
48. Records relating to the liquidation and subsequent burning of the Glebokie ghetto (R70-5-0)
Summary: Contains information about the deportation of Jews from the Glebokie ghetto to concentration camps in Poland, the seizure of property from the Jewish inhabitants, and the subsequent destruction of the ghetto by fire in Aug 1943.
49. Records relating to new identity cards for Jews in mixed marriages, mischlinge, children from mixed marriages, POWs, and other in Ostland (R70-5-81)
Summary: Contains information about the 1942-1943 introduction of new identity cards for Jews married to "aryans;" children from mixed marriages; mischlinge; former prisoners of war; persons of foreign birth living in Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia; and Latvians involved in the 1941 resettlement from Soviet-occupied areas of Latvia to Germany.
50. Records relating to border control in Ostland; escape of Estonians to Finland and Sweden; and the refugee camp at Alytus (Olita), Lithuania (R70-5-86)
Summary: Contains information about establishment and administration of new border posts in Ostland; escape of Estonian youth and others by sea to Finland and Sweden; and the refugee camp at Alytus (Olita), Lithuania.
51. Daily war record, 22 Jul 1943 - 13 Sep 1944 (R71-1-7)
Summary: Contains a daily war record for 22 Jul 1943 - 13 Sep 1944 in Latvian with information about the activities of the SS and Latvian military divisions.
52. Records relating to confiscation of private and public property by the Wehrmacht in Latvia during 1941 (R80-2-9)
Summary: Contains information about confiscation of private and public property in several Latvian cities by the Wehrmacht; seizure of homes and furnishing of Jews after their removal to the Riga ghetto; and regulations for Jews in the labor force. Also included are lists of names and addresses of those Jewish families whose homes and property were seized by the Wehrmacht.
53. Records relating to Soviet prisoners of war and Russian civilians working for the Wehrmacht (R80-3-1)
Summary: Contains information about salary and other support for Russian civilians employed by the Wehrmacht; special camps for housing of Russian civilians in the labor force in Ostland; and Soviet prisoners of war. Also included are lists of names and addresses for Russian teachers and translators employed by the Wehrmacht.
54. Records relating to Wehrmacht activities in Riga and Kaunas and Jews in the labor force in Riga and Kaunas (R80-3-2)
Summary: Contains information about Wehrmacht activities in Riga and Kaunas; orders for military dress; regulation of Jewish movement in and out of the Riga ghetto; and Jews in the labor force.
55. Records relating to Wehrmact activities in Ostland; prisoners of war; and rationing of food (R80-3-4)
Summary: Contains information about Wehrmacht activities in Ostland; use of prisoners of war in the labor force; use of Russian civilians in the labor force; rationing of food; and concerns for sanitation.
56. Besondere Anordnung concerning prisoners of war camps in Ostland; Soviet prisoners of war; and various military matters (R80-3-6)
Summary: Contains several "Besondere Anordnung" (special orders) concerning Wehrmacht activities in Ostland; sanitation concerns; food rationing for prisoners of war; handling of Soviet prisoners of war; prisoner of war camps in Ostland; and various other military matters including travel; fire prevention; and maintenance of military vehicles in winter. Also included is a 30 Oct 1943 memo from the Wehrmachtsbefehlshaber Ostland mentioning suposed Jewish responsibility for war [p. 130]
57. Besondere Anordnung concerning the use of the civilian population in labor and food rationing in the military (R80-3-11)
Summary: Contains several "Besondere Anordnung" (special orders) concerning use of the civilian population for labor and food rationing for the military.
58. Records relating to confiscation of property of Jews; enemies of the German state; and abandoned property from homes in Riga (R80-3-25)
Summary: Contains printed forms used by the Wehrmacht to inventory property of Jews; enemies of the German state; and abandoned property in Riga. Each package of forms includes inventory checklists for furniture and other household goods and a cover sheet with the address of the house or apartment involved and a copy of the Dec 1942 order from the Wehrmacht-Ortskommandantur Riga for the seizure of property.
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59. Records relating to activities of the SS and the SD in Liebau and Daugavpils during 1942 (R82-1-1)
Summary: Contains information about activities of the SS and the SD in Liebau and Daugavpils including transports of "Altrussen" and Poles from Daugavpils to Kiel and Falkenberg in Germany, and resettlement actions in Daugavpils. Also included are several documents relating to the investigation of Major Heise, a young Latvian wanting to join the SD.
60. Records relating to partisan activity in Latvia (R82-1-2)
Summary: Contains information about partisan activity and various partisan groups in Latvia; partisan incidents in the area Osweja in Jan 1943; combatting paratroopers, terrorists, and saboteurs; and erection of new security posts for combatting partisans in the area of Dunaburg (Daugavpils).
61. Records relating to activities of police battallions in Latvia and the USSR (R82-1-3)
Summary: Contains information about activities of several police battalions Schutzmannschafts) in Latvia and the USSR. Police battalions mentioned in the documents are Gruppe Knecht, Gruppe Berta, Gruppe Gefechtsstand, and "Schutzmannschafts Bataillone" #273, #279, #276, #266E, Zobris, and Jserstadt. Also included is information about supplies and munitions for police battalions; statistics for weapons and vehicles; and awards for bravery for members of the police units.
62. Report on the activities of the SS, Einsatzgruppen, and several police battallions during "Operation Winterzauber," 16 Feb 1943 - 31 Mar 1943 (R82-1-4)
Summary: Contains a report of the activities of the SS, Einzsatzgruppen, and several police battalions (including Gruppe Knecht and Gruppe Schroder) while attempting to eliminate partisan groups in areas near the border between Latvia and the USSR. This special operation takes place at the same time as "Operation Winterzauber" which was led by Der Polizei Fuhrer Russland Nord, SS Obergruppenfuhrer und General der Polizei Jeckeln and lasted from 16 Feb to 31 Mar 1943.
63. Records relating to "Operation Winterzauber," Feb - Mar 1943 (R82-1-5)
Summary: Contains information about preparations by the Hohere SS- und Polizei Fuhrer fur des Ostlands und Russland Nord for "Operation Winterzauber" in Feb 1943. The bulk of the file unit is comprised of orders addressed to the participants of the operation including Gruppe Knecht, Gruppe Schroder, and Gruppe Isserstedt.
64. Records relating to "Operation Winterzauber" (R82-1-6)
Summary: Contains information about preparations by the Hohere SS- und Polizei Fuhrer fur des Ostlands und Russland Nord for "Operation Winterzauber" in Feb 1943. The bulk of the file is comprised of materials relating to supply and munitions needs of various Schutsmannschafts battalions participating in the operation.
65. Records relating to "Operation Winterzauber" (R82-1-7)
Summary: Contains information about activities of various Schutzmannschafts battalions participating in "Operation Winterzauber"; encounters with partisans; capture of partisans and seizure of their weapons; executions of captured partisans; and members of the various Schutzmannschafts battalions involved in the operation.
66. Records relating to the activities of various Schutzmannschafts battallions during "Operation Winterzauber" (R82-1-8)
Summary: Contains information about activities of various Schutzmannschafts battalions participating in "Operation Winterzauber"; supply and equipment needs of the various battalions; instructions for combatting paratroopers, terrorists, and saboteurs; establishment of police check points in areas of Latvia heavily occupied by partisans; and partisan condition near various Latvian towns.
67. Daily reports for Feb 1943 of Schutzmannschafts "Gruppe" and battallions participating in "Operation Winterzauber" (R82-1-9)
Summary: Contains daily reports for Feb 1943 describing activities of several Schutzmannschafts "Gruppe" and battalions participating in "Operation Winterzauber."
68. Daily reports for Gruppe Knecht during "Operation Winterzauber," Feb - Mar 1943 (R82-1-
Summary: Contains daily reports of Gruppe Knecht's (presumably a Schutzmannschaftsbattalion) activities during "Operation Winterzauber" from Feb to Mar 1943.
69. Daily reports for Gruppe Knecht, Gruppe Berta, and Gruppa Iltis during "Operation Winterzauber," Feb - Mar 1943 (R82-1-11)
Summary: Contains daily reports of the activities of Gruppe Knecht, Guppe Berta, and Gruppe Iltis (presumably Schutzmannschaftsbattalions) while participating in "Operation
Winterzauber" from Feb to Mar 1943.
70. Einsatzbefehle for Schutzmannschafts "Gruppe" and battallions during "Operation Winterzauber," Feb - Apr 1943 (R82-1-12)
Summary: Contains 20 Einsatzbefehle (orders) issued by Der Hohere SS- und Polizeifuhrer fur das Ostland und Russland Nord giving direction to several Schutzmannschafts "Gruppe" and battalions for actions against partisans. The Einsatzbefehle range in date from 14 Feb 1943 to 31 Mar 1943.
71. Daily reports relating to the participation of Gruppe Iltis and Gruppe Knecht in "Operation Winterzauber" (R82-1-13)
Summary: The bulk of the file contains daily reports for Mar 1943 describing activities of Schutzmannschafts Gruppe Iltis in "Operation Winterzauber." The reports include information about combatting partisans and statistics for partisans taken as prisoners and/or killed during fighting. Also included are daily reports for Schutzmannschafts Gruppe Knecht.
72. Records relating to "Operation Heinrich" (R82-1-14)
Summary: Contains information about military units (Einsatzgruppe and Sicherungsgruppe) participating in "Operation Heinrich" (special military measures for securing borders between Latvia/Estonia and the USSR); movement of military groups in Latvia and Estonia during "Operation Heinrich"; securing of borders between Latvia and the Soviet Union and Estonia and the Soviet Union; partisan activity; combatting partisans; decoding procedures for military units; and statistics for weapons and munitions used by military groups involved in "Operation Heinrich."
73. Release forms for prisoners in the Zentralgefangnis in Riga (R82-1-37)
Summary: Contains discharge forms for prisoners released from the Zentralgefangnis in Riga. Also included are sworn statements signed by prisoners promising not to have relations with communists or Jews and not to participate in political activities. The names of the prisoners mentioned in this file unit begin with K.
74. War diary (Kriegstagebuch) for "Operation Heinrich," 25 Oct 1943 - 15 Nov 1943 (R82-1-15)
Summary: War diary (Kriegstagebuch) of SS activities during "Operation Heinrich," 25 Oct 1943 - 15 Nov 1943. One episode of sabotage is mentioned under the 03 Nov 1943 entry.
75. Records relating to Soviet prisoners of war; registration of property; labor statistics; and partisans (R82-1-20)
Summary: Contains information about special identity markings for Soviet prisoners of war; Soviet prisoners of war who escaped from labor details; registration of property belonging to Jews and anti-Nazis; labor statistics; and surveillance of partisan activity by air.
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76. Daily orders form the SS- Polizei Fuhrer Lettland, 1941-1943 (R82-1-21)
Summary: Contains daily orders given by the SS- Polizei Fuhrer Lettland to various SS, Schutzmannschaft, and police units. The orders contain information about prisoners of war; Jews in the labor force (p. 50); registration of Jewish property (p.62); and various other administrative matters.
77. Reports and diary excerpts relating to SS and Gendarmerie activities in Latvia, 1941-1943 (R82-1-22)
Summary: Contains information about SS and Gendarmerie activities in several Latvian cities. Also contains information about combating partisans (p. 17).
78. Records relating to Schutzmannschafts members killed or wounded during service, 1943-1944 (R82-1-25)
Summary: Contains information about deaths and injuries of several Schutzmannschafts members while combatting partisans in Latvia during 1943 and 1944.
79. Haushaltsplan of the Generaldirektion des Innern - Hauptdirektion der Lettischen Polizei, 1944 (R82-1-26)
Summary: Contains budget information for the Generaldirektion des Innern - Hauptdirektion der Lettischen Polizei for 1944.
80. Records relating to the service of Dr. Alexander Kakis in Salaspils (R82-1-31)
Summary: Contains information about the service of Dr. Alexander Kakis of Riga at the "Polizeigefangnis" and the "Arbeitserziehungslager" at Salaspils.
81. Release forms for prisoners in the Zentralgefangnis in Riga (names beginning with U) (R82-1-34)
Summary: Contains discharge forms for prisoners released from the Zentralgefangnis in Riga. Also included are sworn statements signed by prisoners promising not to have relations with communists or Jews and not to participate in political activities. The names of all prisoners mentioned in this file unit begin with U.
82. Release forms for prisoners in the Zentralgefangnis in Riga (names beginning Kl through Ku) (R82-1-35)
Summary: Contains discharge forms for prisoners released from the Zentralgefangnis in Riga. Also included are sworn statements signed by prisoners promising not to have relations with communists or Jews and not to participate in political activities. The names of all prisoners mentioned in this file unit range from Kl to Ku.
83. Release forms for prisoners in the Zentralgefangnis in Riga (names beginning KA, Ke, Ki, Kr, and Ku) (R82-1-36)
Summary: Contains discharge forms for prisoners released from the
Zentralgefangnis in Riga. Also included are sworn statements signed by prisoners promising not to have relations with communists or Jews and not to participate in political activities. The names of all prisoners mentioned in this file unit begin with Ka, Ke, Ki, Kr, and Ku.
84. Records relating to the activities of the 25th Latvian Schutzmannschaftsbattallion, Jul 1942 - Dec 1942 (R82-1-38)
Summary: Contains information about the activities of the 25th Latvian Schutzmannschaftsbattalion in Latvia and Byelorussia; Schutzmannschaftsbattalion personnel (name lists); combatting partisans in Byelorussia; and several special "operations" conducted by the 25th Latvian Schutzmannschaftsbattalion from Jul 1942 to Dec 1942.
85. Reports of the SD in Latvia, 1942-1943 (R82-1-39)
Summary: Reports from the SD-Sicherheitspolizei in Latvia from 1942 to 1943. The reports contain information and statistics about arrests of communists, prisoners of war, partisans, and saboteurs; conditions of politics, industry, economics, and churches in Latvia during 1942 and 1943; Latvians in the military; and anti-German propaganda regarding "the death of the German occupation."
86. Pay roster for Latvian SIPO - Battallion IV - Einsatzkommando Windau (Ventspils), Oct 1944 (R82-1-86)
Summary: Contains an Oct 1944 pay roster for Latvian SIPO - Battalion IV - Einsatzkommando in Windau (Ventspils), Latvia.
87. Lists of Jagdverband and Jagdkommando members (R82-1-46)
Summary: Contains information on members of various Jagdverbande and Jagdkommandos active in Latvia during 1944 and 1945; troop assignments in several Latvian cities; and Jagdverbander participating in "Operation Vergissmeinnicht."
88. Records relating to activities of Jagdverbande in Ostland, 1944-1945 (R82-1-47)
Summary: Contains information about activities of various Jagdverband units in Ostland during 1944 and 1945. Also includes information about Russian "Hiwis" ("Hilfsfreiwilligen"), volunteer assistants to the Germans.
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89. Records relating to activities of Jagdverbande personnel, 1944-1945 (R82-1-48)
Summary: Contains information about SS - Jagdverband personnel and complaints from the civilian population regarding their conduct. Also contains information about Jagdverband deserters and Jagdverband encounters with partisans.
90. Records relating to police units under supervision of the Befehlshaber der Ordnungspolizei fur das Ostland, Dec 1941 - Dec 1942 (R83-1-1)
Summary: Contains information about activities of police units under supervision of the Befehlshaber der Ordnungspolozei fur das Ostland; monitoring of Jewish traffic in and out of the Riga ghetto; sanitation and health concerns; "Kriegsverdienstkreuz" award for police personnel; and restrictions on photographing executions.
91. Sonderbefehle and other records relating to activities of Schutzmannschafts-battallions and other police units in Liebau (R83-1-5)
Summary: Contains information about activities of Schutzmannschafts-Battalions; use of SS personnel in the Liebau ghetto; use of Jews and prisoners of war in the labor force; and selection of Latvian police personnel for service in the German police. Also included is information about anti-aircraft warfare in and around Liebau.
92. Orders relating to activities of the German navy at Liebau, Jan 1942 - Oct 1943 (R83-1-10)
Summary: Contains orders issued by the Seekommandant in Liebau from Jan 1942 to Oct 1943. The orders contain information concerning a variety of military matters including regulation of travel in the Ostgebiet; rationing for military personnel; use of Jews in the labor force; propaganda; and sabotage.
82-1 SS-und Polizeistandortführer Lettland
48 Activities of Jagdverbände. Complaints from civilian population. 1944 - 1945. 180 pp.
83-1 SS- und Polizeistandortführer Libau
1. Rights and duties of the uniformed police, including ghettoes (pp. 8, 27). Punitive operations (page 3). Hiding traces of crimes (page 45), etc. BdO Ostland directives. 1941 - 1942. 84 pp.
5. Operation "Winterzauber." Arajs Kommando. Schutzmannschaften. Executions, treatment of partisans, burning villages, confiscations after forced evacuations, and specific killing orders. Adding Latvian police to German battalions. 1942 - 1943. 33 pp.
10. Decrease in daily rations of German soldiers. Use of Jews as labor. Secret orders of Libau Navy commander. no date. 53 pp.
13. Schutzpolizei and gendarmerie matters. Name lists and duty rosters of officers and men. Treatment of Jews. 1942 - 1943. 91 pp.
15. SSPF and SIPO-SD personnel lists. 1941. 19 pp.
19. Register of incoming communications. Disposition of documents and files regulations. (see page 3). 25 September 1941 - 30 November 1943 (handwritten in German). 75 pp.
21. Kriegstagebuch SSPF Libau (Dietrich) 20 September 1941 - 30 November 1943 (handwritten). 159 pp.
22. Lageberichte: Beseitigung von alten Juden (5 October 1941). Political prisoners. Shootings of Jews and Communists. Prisoners-of-war. Typhus. Latvian anxieties. Police Battalion 13. Local Jews. Priest helps Jews (pp. 98, 162). 5 October 1941 - 28 December 1942. 205 pp.
23. Instructions for situation reports. Distribution of official vehicles to Latvian police. 1941 - 1942. 12 pp.
24. Latvian prefectures Einzeldienst, 1941 - 1942. Schutzmannschaft Libau. Various reports. Also local Jews (pp. 75, 82,and etc.). Political situation reports. 1941 - 1943. 108 pp.
25. Political situation reports, including local Jews (pp. 41-43, 48-50). 154 pp.
26. Political situation reports, including communist activists. Gypsies. Activities of Police Battalion no. 22. 1941 - 1943. 74 pp.
27. Political situation reports, including death camps (pp. 1, 9-10). 1941 - 1943. 41 pp.
28. Political situation reports, including escape of Polish Jews (page 87). 112 pp.
40. Organization of police. 1941 - 1942. 39 pp.
60. Education and training for Schutzpolizei and gendarmerie in case of catastrophic emergencies. (see page 36). 1941 - 1943. 49 pp.
62. Ideological education of policemen. 1941 - 1943. 62 pp.
69. Conflict between Army and Ordnungspolizei personnel. Personnel and organizational policy. Creation of special police units to protect German civilians. Police lists (pp. 7, 9, 15, and 17). 1941 -1943. 38 pp.
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83-1 SS- und Polizeistandortführer Libau (continued):
71. Police and SS lists; Latvian Schutzmannschaften. In German and Latvian. 15 January 1942 - 16 November 1943. 90 pp.
Plan of training for Riga militia. Establishment of Defense Battalion - plan of organization. Plan of Police organization. Defense Battalion establishment for Ukraine. Guards battalion for Ukraine to watch over prison labor. Logistics of guarding military operations and installations, transportation and provisions, work implements and tools. (Note: several charts are illegible.)
80. Regulations regarding behavior, SS duties and responsibilities (executions, etc.). SS anti-homosexuality regulations. Forms of punishment. Military - SS relations. Military - civilian relations. Illegal trade with Jews. 19 October 1941 - 16 December 1942. 4 pp.
Orders regarding administration of German military presence in Latvia. Rules of conduct for German soldiers in occupied lands, dealing with resistance. Officers responsibilities. Safeguarding military secrecy.
114. Includes information on escape of Jews (p. 130). 7 November 1941 - 29 December 1942. 165 pp.
Administration of occupied territory. Utilization of POW labor. Problems of escaped prisoners.
113. Soviet POWs. 19 October 1941 - 5 January 1942. 23 pp.
Administration of occupied territories, mainly Lithuania and Latvia. Civilian and military affairs. Prisoner escapes and recapture efforts. Rules for treatment of prisoners. Major treatises of management of POWs. Organizational matters.
117 Treatment of Jews and Mischehen in occupied areas. Guarding trains transporting Jews East. Enclosure of letter from Regierungspresident Springorum of Kattowitz in February 1943 on escapes of Jews from trains to Auschwitz. Execution of hostages. Transfer of power to civilian authorities. 5 December 1941 - 27 August 1943. 15 pp.
Treatment of Jews in the Eastern occupied territories. Rules of conduct, organization, and administration.
118 Libau ghetto: Wachvorschrift für Ghetto-Wache, with map of Ghetto. Employment and payment of Jewish labor. Forced labor of Jews in occupied territories. 5 August 1942 - 16 September 1943. 9 pp.
Administration of Jewish population. Stoppage of all Jewish trade and industry. Ghetto administration.
119 Treatment of Gypsies. 3 December 1941 - 9 April 1942. 5 pp.
Guidelines for handling of Gypsy population. no documents.
120 Combatting and treatment of Soviet paratroopers (orders, etc.). 5 February 1942 - 21 September 1943. 26 pp.
Problem of paratroopers sent into German field territory and the countermeasures taken.
121 Anti-partisan program (pp. 2-3, 13-19, 25-30). 21 April - 4 December 1942. 60 pp.
Combat against the Partisans and guidelines for their capture.
122 Anti-partisan program. 24 November 1941 - 26 November 1943. 60 pp.
Partisan activities. Instructions on fighting Partisans. Secret orders concerning Partisans. Radio transmissions of Partisans. Treatment of captured Partisans.
133 Maintenance of law and order in Ostland (guidelines and orders), including treatment of Jews. 25 September 1941 - 28 June 1942. 35 pp.
Guidelines for military protection and for maintaining calm and order in Ostland. Measures taken against the Jews. Alarm regulations.
140 Transporting and guarding of Ostarbeiter. Identification cards for Jews. 27 March 1943 - 9 September 1943. 8 pp.
170 Certificates stating signer understands tasks regarding treatment and protection of classified documents signed by officials. May - 9 October 1942. 20 pp.
Written declaration that signer has been instructed in treatment and protection of classified and secret documents.
186 Einweisungskalender (information about Libau population and institutions). Guidelines for guard duty during alarms. Telephone directory of German agencies, including ghettos (pp. 1 - 2). 1941 - 5 January 1942. 15 pp.
Einweisungskalender. Guard duty during an alarm. Address and phone numbers of German agencies and authorities, including concentration camps and ghettos.
191 Activities of the 25th Latvian Schuma battalion, including ghetto escapes (pp. 63 - 67). 30 April 1942 - 1943. 75 pp.
Prisoner transport of 100 POWs from Libau to Sachsenhausen. Requests for more manpower. Marches of the 25th and the 268th Rifle Battalions. Unusual incidents in the Ostgebiete occupied by the Rifle Battalions. Report on members of the Rifle Battalion killed in action. Experience and activities reports of the 25th by Captain Mews. Report on health conditions.
200 Latvian police files with names, ghettos, and local Jews. April 1941 - October 1943. 102 pp.
Latvian police records and reports, with names, of incidents such as murders, shootings, anti-German comments, etc. Reports of incidents from Ghetto patrol. Reports of incidents involving Jews.
204 Including search of Jewish apartment (pp. 1-11). 3 April 1942 - 12 December(?) 1942.
Order concerning seizure of contents of an apartment of a Jewish family. Secret and underground trading.
205 Including Jewish property (pp. 32-37). September 1941 - November 1943. 72 pp.
Registration of Jewish Property. Orders to put named persons in concentration camp in Libau. Report on a fire in the military barracks includes list of dead and injured. Police records. List of members of the volunteer fire department.
206 Local Jews and Gypsies (pp. 18-122). 13 October 1941 - 29 November 1943. 292 pp.
Police reports of incidents such as drunk and disorderly, shootings, stolen goods, complaints, claims to furniture, thefts, house searches, and distribution of Lebensmittelkarten. Lists of persons and amounts of precious metals collected from them. Gypsies and apartment searches.
207 Breaking into Jewish houses (pp. 35-40). 20 September 1941 - 29 October 1943. 318 pp.
Police records of searches and seizures including Jewish apartments and houses, breaking into Jewish homes, and evacuation of Jews. Russian POWs. Reports of accusations and complaints.
209 Asking for Jewish goods and furniture. 21 November 1941. 5 pp.
Request to use the furniture of a named communist. Correspondence between police and person making the request.
212 Local Jews including death camp (page 6). 5 November 1941 - 11 October 1942. 59 pp.
Telegrams on POWs, requests for supplies, Benzene usage, and notice of a typhus outbreak.
221 List of Gypsies and others living in Libau. 3 December 1941 - 16 July 1942. 10 pp.
Welfare affairs. Care for orphans and wounded in Libau.
227 Equipment and uniforms for police units in Ostland. 1941 - 1943. 35 pp.
Providing weapons, equipment, clothing, and uniforms to police in Ostland.
237 Jewish property. Gypsies. 6 October 1941 - 4 September 1943. 21 pp.
Matters involving Jews, Gypsies, and prostitution. Distribution of identification cards to Jews. List of Gypsies living in area. Ordinance on fighting STDs in Libau. Treatment of prostitution by police.
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83-1 SS- und Polizeistandortführer Libau (continued):
241 Lists of Libau Selbstschutz personnel (in Latvian). August - September 1941. 12 pp.
132-28 Extraordinary State Commission to Investigate German Fascist Crimes in the USSR
(Note: additional State Commission materials are on reels 13 and 30.)
6 Maps of Salaspils labor camp and Valmiera camp. no date.
79 Photos of various towns. no date.
80 Dayzabrunc (photos of urban landscape destruction in snow). no date.
81 Photographs of Riga. no date.
132-29 Extraordinary State Commission to Investigate German Fascist Crimes in the USSR
15 Includes mass shooting of Jews and others (in Russian). 1946.
132-30 Extraordinary State Commission to Investigate German Fascist Crimes in the USSR
1 Eyewitness and victims reports about Nazi atrocities in Latvia, including accomplices (in Russian). no date.
2 Includes Tätigkeitsbericht der Abt. der Wirtschafts-inspektion Nord, July 1941, regarding use of Jewish forced labor and liquidation of laborers after harvest work (in Russian).
9 Includes eyewitness statements regarding shooting of Jews and Soviet soldiers in Bausk (in Russian). 2 July 1941. Sterilization of 56 Jewish men. mid-July 1941.
12 Investigative Commission of Inquiry, including material on Befehlshaber Ostland, Minsk in 1941 (in Russian). 1941 - 1945.
13 Includes instructions for guards of Judenlager (in Latvian). Participation of local police in mass shootings (in Russian). no date.
14 Includes reports on mass shootings of Jews (in Russian).
19 Includes mass shooting of Jews and name lists (in Russian). no date.
26 Statements and typed reports (some images unreadable) (in Russian). 1944 - 1945. 77 pp.
999-1 Kommandatur der Ordnungspolizei Lettlands (KdO) (in German and Latvian)
1 Kommandanturbefehle August - October 1941. 31 pp.
Black-outs, contact with Jews, and registration of Jewish property.
2 Daily orders. Jews. POWs. 1943. 59 pp.
Distribution of identification cards to jews. Fighting against bandits. Carrying weapons. Enemy balloons. Fighting typhus.
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