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Documentation of the Generalkommissar (Regional commissioner) in Riga, regarding the persecution of the Jews of Latvia, 1941

Documentation of the Generalkommissar (Regional commissioner) in Riga, regarding the persecution of the Jews of Latvia, 1941 Draft of the document by department II A of the Regional commissioner in Riga, including directives given to the Gebietskommissaren (District commissioners) in Latvia, regarding the persecution of Jews: Deportation of the Jews from the rural areas, and their concentration in ghettos that will be established in the cities; cutting off of the Jews in the ghettos from their surroundings, [by means of] the ban against receiving mail, ban on leaving the ghetto, fencing of the ghettos,...

File Number : 154

Type of Material : Survey Report, Statistical Data, Official Documentation

Language : German

Documentation regarding the handling of Hitler's order to construct a concentration camp in Latvia for Jews deported from Germany and the Protectorate by the Generalkommissariat (Regional commissioner's office) in Riga, 1941 Aktennotiz (Action notice) for Drechsler's file, that Stahlecker, the commander of Einsatzgruppe A, conveyed an order by Hitler to construct a concentration camp in the Riga, Jelgava or Tukkum area for Jews deported from Germany and the Protectorate; the notice is handwritten at the bottom of the page and is signed with the initial "W" (apparently, one of the commanders in the regional...

File Number : 153

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : German

Report prepared by the Generalkommissar (General commissioner) in Riga, regarding the measures taken by the German authorities in Latvia against the Jews, 1941

Report prepared by the Generalkommissar (General commissioner) in Riga, regarding the measures taken by the German authorities in Latvia against the Jews, 1941 Report prepared by the IIa department of the Generalkommissar (General commissioner) in Riga, regarding the anti-Jewish measures taken by the German authorities in Latvia, including mention of the part taken by the Sicherheitspolizei - SIPO (Security Police) in the preparation of the measures; - Uniform measures related to all of the Jews in Latvia including the registration of the Jews, marking of the Jews by means of the wearing of a yellow...

File Number : 152

Type of Material : Statistical Data, Official Documentation

Language : German

Directives by Otto Drechsler, the Generalkommissar (Regional commissioner) in Riga, regarding restrictions imposed on the Jews in Latvia, 1941

Directives by Otto Drechsler, the Generalkommissar (Regional commissioner) in Riga, regarding restrictions imposed on the Jews in Latvia, 1941 Obligation [on Jews] regarding wearing a yellow badge; restrictions on movement, including a ban on leaving places of residence and ban on the use of public transportation; ban on studying in schools of all kinds; ban on entry into public parks; ban on entry [into cultural institutions]; ban on employment in various professions including pharmacy, veterinary medicine, law and banking, and ban on physicians against treatment of the non-Jewish population; The...

File Number : 137

Type of Material : Laws and Decrees

Language : German

Draft of orders sent to the Gebietskommissar (District commissioner) in Latvia, regarding the persecution of the local Jewish population, 1941

Draft of orders sent to the Gebietskommissar (District commissioner) in Latvia, regarding the persecution of the local Jewish population, 1941 Various rules regarding the handling of the local Jewish population, including the establishment of ghettos for the concentration of the rural population, construction of a fence, termination of the postal and telephone contacts, establishment of a Jewish Police, restriction of the living area to four square meters [apparently per family], establishment of Jewish administrative organizations for the administration of the Jews' internal affairs, and utilization of the...

File Number : 134

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : English