Documentation from the Kaunas Regional State Archives, Lithuania, 1919-1941

Documentation from the Kaunas Regional State Archives (former names: Kaunas County Archives, Kauno apskrities archyvas, Kaunas Branch of the Central State Archives of the Lithuanian SSR, Kaunas State Archives, Kaunas Regional State Archives) The State Archives were established in Kaunas on 19 October 1921 by order of the Minister of Education. The archives have been reorganized several times and, as a consequence, the name and profile have changed. The documents were created by the Kaunas Municipality and the Kaunas County Administration, as well as its subdivisions: Departments of housing, finance, passports, construction, social security, healthcare, education, provisions, property, maintenance, water supply and sewerage; Kaunas and the Kaunas County tax inspections, Kaunas Elementary Schools Inspector’s Office, some public and private schools in Kaunas, healthcare institutions, manufacturing and trading companies, and so forth. Record groups (fonds) relating to the period of the Republic of Lithuania (1919–1940), the Nazi occupation period (1941–1944), and the Soviet occupation periods (1940–1941) and (1944–1990). Documentation regarding various Jewish communities in Lithuania: Raseiniai, Jonava, Kaunas, Vilkija, Panemunė, Zapyškis, Garliava, Babtai, Vandžiogala, Rumšiškės, Slabada and Aleksotas. Documents from 47 fonds that include a large number of Jewish names: personal documentation, as well as workbooks, student files, regarding students, insurance files, name registration books, invoices, and photographs which appear in every passport application. Passport application forms in Kaunas, Lithuania, 1930-1940s. - List of Jewish conscripts, born in the years 1890-1919. - List of Jewish voters on 19/01/1941. Lists of pupils in elementary schools. Personal cards of taxpayers in Kaunas, 1930-1940s. - Documentation from registration books for 1921-1941: birth, marriage, divorce, and death records. - Personal files of property owners in Kaunas, 1919-1940. - Certificates issued to Jewish scientists, 1935-1940. - Personal files of Jewish employees, from Kaunas the municipality. - Personal files of Jewish pensioners, 1940-1941. - Accompanying documents for obtaining a passport in the city of Kaunas: applications to the city council, identity cards, birth certificates, marriage certificates and personal photographs. For more information, see item 11714980. Documentation received in January 2023: Fund F.66-1 "Passport Department of Kaunas Municipality" refers to the period of the Independent Republic of Lithuania (1919–1940). Applications to the Kaunas City Council are accompanied by envelopes with accompanying documents for obtaining a passport. The letters on the envelopes and the surnames are written in the Lithuanian alphabet: A, B, C, Č, H, G, F, F, I, Y, K, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, Š, W. 25,047 scans. Documentation received in August 2023: Application cards for internal passport of the Kaunas Municipality Passports Department, from the period of the LSSR - Independent Republic of Lithuania (1919-1940), and envelopes containing accompanying documents for obtaining a passport, including personal data: name, age, adress, occupation, marital status, nationality, religion, date of request submission, place of birth - cities, villages and districts. Original archival signature: 66-1. Language: Lithuanian. 29,436 scans. Execution of Jews in personal files on the investigation of collaborators during the Holocaust in Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, Latvia, Poland, 1941-1953. Places: Kaunas, Kaunas (Fortress 7 and 9), Marijampole, Telšiai, Taurage, Laukava, Vilnius, Paneriai, Bezdonis, Kena, Reshe, Trakai, Švenčionys, Kedainiai ,Žiežmariai, Siauliai, Panevezys, Alytus, Merkine, Biržai, Pasvalis, Krinčinas (Polish: Kryniczyn), Panevėžys County, Nemunele, Radviliskis, Imbradas, Virbalis, Shumskas, Degučiai, Antalepte, Zarasai, Dukštas, Šančiai, Panemune, Praveniškės, Seredžius, Darsuniškis, Kruonis, Veliuona; Pskov; Riga, Minsk, Slutsk, Borisov, Baranowichi, Kletsk, Nesvizh, Koidanov (Yiddish: קאידנאוו), now Dzyarzhynsk, Trawniki, Liublin, Warsaw, Krakow; Kharkov, Vinnitsa.