Materials relating to Latvian soldiers held in a prisoner of war camp at Putlos, Germany (under Allied occupation), and to events in Latvia during both Soviet and Nazi rule in Latvia, 1941-1945.

Summary of lectures

Correspondence, bulletins, and reports relating to the Information Branch, 1st division, Latvian Legion, 1945

Documents compiled in 1945 for a history of the Latvian Legion.

Documents pertaining to events in Latvia under Soviet and German occupations, including verbatim, typewritten copies of articles from the Latvian press, and also of directives issued by Soviet and German authorities

Documents concerning resistance activities in concentration camps in Latvia, 1943-1945

Miscellaneous reports and chronicles, 1945.

Information bulletin, 1st division, Latvian Legion, and news summaries prepared for prisoners, 1945

Lectures and papers by and for prisoners, 1945

Latvian refugee camps in Germany: rosters of camp inhabitants.

Demographic information concerning the inhabitants of Latvia during the period under the first Soviet occupation, 1940-1941

Statistical data concerning those killed

Statistical data concerning those arrested and deported

Statistical data concerning those arrested and missing

Statistical data concerning those missing

Statistical data concerning dead partisans

Statistical data concerning dead civilians

Statistical data concerning those deported

Records of the Latvian gymnasia (secondary schools) at Kiel and Rendsburg

Brief history of the Kiel Gymnasium

Minutes, teachers' council meetings, Kiel Gymnasium

1945-1947

1947-1949

Minutes, school council meetings, Kiel Gymnasium, 1946

Student records, Kiel Gymnasium, 1945-1949

Duplicates of student certificates, Kiel Gymnasium, 1946-1948

Brief history of the Rendsburg Gymnasium.

Minutes, teachers' council meetings, Rendsburg Gymnasium, 1945-1947

Student records, Rendsburg Gymnasium, 1945-1947

Duplicates of student certificates, Rendsburg Gymnasium, 1947

Camp periodicals and exile publications

Vestis, published by the Latvian Camp Committee at Fischbach, Germany

Nos. 6-50 (No. 18 missing), 1946

Nos. 4-30, (Nos. 5,7,12) 1947

Latvija, published at Camp Churchill, Lehrte, Germany. Nos. 281-336 (nos. 289,316,321 missing), 1947; nos. 338-346, 1948

Briva Latvija, published by Gustav Celmins, 1947-1948

Atbalss, published in Neuotting, Germany

1946-1947 (incomplete)

1948 January-June

Nameja Gredzens, published by Latvian POWs, Putlos, Germany, 1945.

June (No. 1)

July (Nos. 2-6)

August (No. 8 and three unnumbered issues)

December (No. 14)

Dundsdorfs, Edgars, Latjijas Zeme, Iedzivotaji un Saimnieciba Prieks Leilas Emigracijas: Statistiskos Datos, Lübeck, 1945

Illustration of woman in Latvian national costume, 1945

Calendar, in Latvian, Esslingen, Germany, 1947

Vilks, A., Latviesi Beglu Gaitas, Germany, 1947

The Problem of Latvian Displaced Persons, Latvian Central Committee in Western Germany, Germany, 1947 November

Shall Latvians Perish?, Latvian National Council, Esslingen, Germany, 1948 September

Demographic information concerning the inhabitants of Latvia during the period of the first Soviet occupation, 1940-1941. Official forms, with text in both German and Latvian, compiled by the Latvian Statistics Board during the German occupation of Latvia, and on the basis of a statistic sheet in use as of January 15, 1942

Statistics concerning those arrested and deported, and those registered as arrested and missing, with some other categories interspersed, all listed by family name

A

A

B

B

B

C

C

D

D

E

F

H

I

J

J

M

M

N

O

S

S

S

T

T

U

V

Z

Z

M

M

Miscellaneous

Statistics concerning individuals categorized as partisans, grouped largely according to district

Riga (City)

Riga District

Riga District

Cesis District

Valka District

Liepaja District

Ventspils and Kuldiga Districts

Valmiera District

Miscellaneous.

Ilukste District

Jekabpils District

Tukums District

Madona District

Daugavpils District

Jelgava District

Statistics concerning dead and wounded partisans

Statistics concerning civilian deaths due to warfare

Statistics concerning deaths attributed to the actions of Soviet forces, and other unattributed deaths

Statistics concerning wounded police force members

Statistics listing names, but without indication of category

Statistics concerning individuals listed as having fled to the Soviet Union, having pro-Soviet sympathies, or being otherwise unaccounted for, largely from the Riga District

Statistics concerning individuals listed as arrested and disappeared, and for those arrested and deported, with some other categories interspersed.

Statistics concerning individuals listed as having reappeared or returned, or otherwise found to be alive.

Statistics concerning individuals listed as arrested and disappeared, and for those arrested and deported, with some other categories interspersed.

Statistics concerning individuals listed as having fled to the Soviet Union, or having pro-Soviet sympathies, or being otherwise unaccounted for

Jelgava District

Tukums District

Bauska District

Talsu District

Kuldiga District

Ventspils District

Liepaja District

Aizpute District

Riga District

Cesis District

Madona District

Valmiera District

Valka District

Kalupe, Livanu, and vicinity

Daugavpils District

Jekabpils District

Ilukste District

Abrene District

Rezekne District

Rezekne District

Ludza District

Ludza District

Ludza District

Duplicate statistic sheets, of various categories and from different regions

Duplicate statistic sheets

Duplicate statistic sheets

Statistic sheets annotated as having been "withdrawn"

Statistics concerning individuals returning to Latvia after 1941 July 1

Statistics concerning individuals returning to Latvia from the Soviet Union, and compiled principally on the basis of forms issued by the Reichskomissar for Ostland, 1942 April 11

Duplicates annotated as having been "withdrawn"

Riga District

Tukums District

Jekabpils and Madona Districts

Cesis, Valka, and Talsu Districts

Abrene, Daugavpils, Ilukste, and Rezekne Districts

Addresses unknown

Jelgava District and elsewhere

Valmiera District

Madona District

Cesis District

Valka District

Jelgava District

Aizpute, Kuldiga, Liepaja, Talsu, and Ventspils Districts

Bauska, Daugavpils, Ilukste, Jekabpils, Ludza, and Rezekne Districts

Valka District

Valka District

Ilukste District

Tukums District

Riga District

Daugavpils District

Ludza District

Abrene District

Rezekne District

Valmiera District

Valmiera District

Forms annotated as having been "withdrawn"

Riga District

Riga District

Bauska District

Bauska District

Jekabpils District

Jelgava District

Jelgava District

Ventspils District

Madona District

Kuldiga District

Liepaja and Aizpute Districts

Talsu District

Addresses unknown

Statistics concerning those individuals listed as having been deported, from the Riga District. Official forms, with text in German and English, compiled by the Latvian Statistics Board during the German occupation of Latvia, on the basis of a statistic sheet in use as of 1942 January 15

Index cards with the names of individuals listed as having returned to Latvia from the Soviet Union

A-M

N-Z

Unsorted

Rosters of the names of Latvians in displaced person and POW camps, mainly in Germany, 1945-1946.

Putlos

Heide, Vesterburg, and elsewhere

Bavaria. Names listed as having been "screened"

Munich, Detmold, and elsewhere

Hamburg and Rheinberg

Other locations in Germany, Austria, France, and Italy

Amberg, Fischbach, Nuremberg, Wurzburg

Various other locations in Germany and Austria

Photograph albums of scenes depicting Latvian displaced persons in Germany, 1947-1948

YMCA Camp, Grafenau, 1947

Camp Hochfeld near Augsburg, Germany, 1947

Campt Haunstetten near Augsburg, Germany, 1947

Holy Communion, Anna Church, Augsburg, Germany, 1947

Confirmation ceremony, Esslingen, Germany, 1947

Ligo festival and other scenes, Camp Hochfeld, 1947

YMCA/YWCA skiing courses, 1948

Materials relating to Latvian displaced person camps at Seedorf and Rotenburg, Germany, 1946-1949

Roster of the names of discharged Latvian POWs, 1946

Official notices, bulletins, and memoranda from British authorities, 1947-1949.

Copies of training school certificates and other documents issued to camp residents, 1948

Circulars issued by camp leaders, 1947-1949

Correspondence between camp leaders and British authorities, 1947-1948

Correspondence between camp leaders and refugee organizations, 1947-1948

Minutes of meetings and other documents relating to the election of camp leaders and committee members, 1947-1948

Copies of training certificates and other documents, 1947-1949

Food supply records, including receipts and ration schedules, 1948-1949

Minutes of committee meetings, 1946-1948

Accounts and invoices, 1947-1948

Minutes of auditors' meetings, 1947-1948

Miscellaneous materials relating to Latvians in the Leipzig area, 1945

Miscellaneous materials relating to Latvians in the Leipzig area, 1945

Materials relating to the Latvian displaced person camp at Hohnsen, Germany, 1945-1947

Minutes of committee meetings, 1945-1947

General correspondence.

1945-1946

1947

Announcements, bulletins, and circulars

1945-1946

1947

Materials relating to Latvian displaced person camps and colonies in the Braunschweig region, Germany, 1945-1948

General file, Hornburg camp, 1947

Minutes of the Braunschweig district committee, 1946-1947

General file, Braunschweig district committee, 1945-1947

General file, Goslar and Bad Wurzburg colonies, 1946

General file, Repner colony, 1946

General file, Hallendorf camp, 1947

General file, Braunschweig colony, 1946

General file, Liebenburg camp, 1945-1948

Minutes of the Liebenburg camp committee, 1946-1948

Accounts of the Liebenburg camp committee, 1945-1948

Instructions and circulars of the Liebenburg camp committee, 1947

Miscellaneous materials relating to Latvian displaced person camps in Germany, 1945-1948

Minutes of the camp committee and general meetings, Gauja camp, Melle, 1946-1947

Accounts, Gauja camp, Melle, 1946-1947

General file, Gauja camp, Melle, 1946-1948

General file, Sarstedt camp, 1946-1947

General file, Sarstedt dairy and horticultural school, 1946-1947

"Operation Westword Ho" file, Hornburg camp, 1947

General file, Schutzenberg camp at Detmold, 1945-1946

Register of the names of individuals in transit through Schutzenberg camp, 1945

Materials relating to community courts having jurisdiction over Latvians in Germany, 1946-1947

Oldenburg district

Register and alphabetical file of criminal cases

Register and alphabetical file of civil cases

Criminal case files

Civil case files

Ordinances and general file

Camp Ausma at Kleinkotz

Register of criminal cases

General file

Criminal case files

Publications of the Latvian State Bureau of Statistics, 1924-1940

Piensiamnieku sabiedribas 25 gadu atcerei, 1934

Latvijas lauksaimnieciba 1939. gada, 1940

Lauskaimniecibas skaitisana Latvija 1939. gada, 1940

Piensiamnieku sabiedribas 30 gadu darbibas atcerei, 1939

Lauku apdzivotas vietas, 1936

Pagastu apraksti, 1935

Vispariga sejumu un majlopu saitisana Latvija 1935. gada, 1938

Latvijas lauksaimnieciba pec 1923. gada lauksaimniecibas skaitisanas zinam, 1924

Vispariga sejumu un majlopu skaitisana Latvija 1937. gada, 1938

Lauksaimniecibas rentabilitate, 1939

Laukstradnieku dzivojamas telpas, 1937

Issuances of the Latvian government and military, 1919-1940

Orders of the Minister of Defense, 1919

Orders of the Minister of War

1923

1924

1925

1926

1927

1928

1929

1930

1931

1932

1933

1934

1935

1936

1937

1938

1939

1940.

Orders of the Commander-in-Chief and Chief Inspector of the Latvian army

1919

1920

1921-1922

1923

1924

1925

1926

1927

1928

1929

1930

1931

1932

1933

1934

1935

1936

1937

1938

1939

1940

Lists of promotions in the Latvian army, 1938-1940

Orders, reports, and other records relating to Latvian police and military units, 1941-1945

Riga police force

1941 July-December

1942 January-February

1942 March-June

1942 June-September

1942 September-December

16th Zemgale Battalion, 1942

17th Vidzeme Battalion, 1942-1943

18th Kurzeme Battalion, 1942

20th Riga Battalion, 1944

22nd Daugava Battalion, 1942

23rd Gauja Battalion, 1942

22nd Talsu (formerly Venta) Battalion, 1942

28th Barta Battalion

1942

1943

Personnel and history

266th E Battalion

1943

1944

267th Battalion, 1944

268th Ergli Police Battalion, 1943-1944

271st Valmiera Battalion, 1943

271st F Battalion, 1944

272nd Daugava Battalion, 1943-1944

273rd Ludza Battalion, 1943

279th Battalion, 1943

280th Battalion, 1943

282nd-a Battalion, 1943

317th F Battalion, 1944

318th F Battalion, 1943

319th F Battalion, 1944

322nd F Battalion, 1944

Casualty reports

271st F Battalion

313th Battalion

Police commanders' school, 1944

General file of Colonel Osis, 1944

Miscellaneous casualty reports, 1944

Liaison Officer, Police and SS Headquarters, Liepaja, 1942

Liepaja defense company, 1942

Latvian Police, 25th Battalion, 1943

Riga police reserves, 1944

Miscellaneous police casualty reports, 1944

Riga Police Regiment, 1944

Riga and Liepaja Police Headquarters, 1944

Riga Police Regiment, 1st Training Battalion, 1944

Riga Police Regiment, 1st Battalion, 1944

Riga Police Regiment, 2nd Training Battalion, 1944

Riga Police Regiment, 2nd Battalion, 1944

Riga Police Regiment, 3rd Battalion, 1944

Riga Police Regiment, 4th Battalion, 1944

Headquarters, Latvian Police Reinforcement Units, 1945

15th Battalion, 3rd Recovery Company, 1945

Latvian Police, 1st Training Battalion, 1943

Latvian Police, 2nd Training Battalion, 1943

Liepaja Police Regiment, 1944

Casualty reports, 2nd Latvian Police Regiment, 1944

3rd Latvian Police Regiment, 1944

Conscription lists, 1944

Jelgava

Bauska

Tukums

Jekabpils

Latvian Police Liaison Officer

1943

1943

1944

1944

266th E. Battalion, 1944

Records of the Latviesu Centrala Komiteja in Germany, 1945-1947

General file, 1945-1946

Administrative and legal files, 1945-1946

Food supply file, 1945-1946

Housing file, 1945-1946

Employment file, 1945-1946

District committee file, 1945-1946

General file, 1947

Records of the Latvian National Committee, Potsdam, Germany, 1944-1945

Legislative file, 1944-1945

Financial file, 1945

Memoranda and resolutions concerning the status of the Baltic states, 1945-1946

Correspondence with Allied military authorities, 1945-1947

Correspondence with British occupation authorities, 1945

POW file, 1945-1946

Correspondence between Janis Meizis and Karlis Zarins, 1945-1948.

Records of the 1st Latvian District Committee, Lubeck, Germany, 1945-1947

Correspondence, minutes of meetings, and materials relating to the election of committee members, 1945-1947

Directives and other materials concerning the status of displaced persons, 1945-1947

Financial records, 1946

Welfare officer's file, 1946

Publications of the Latvian State Bureau of Statistics, 1931-1940

Pilsetu pasvaldibu finanses 1920.-1930., 1931

Financu statistika 1935., 1935

Financu un kredita statistika 1936., 1936

Financu un kredita statistika 1938. g., 1938

Financu un kredita statistika 1939. g., 1939

Pilsetu gruntsgabali un dzivokli, 1936

Darba statistika 1934. g., 1935

Darba statistika 1935. g., 1936

Darba statistika 1936. g., 1937

Pirma tirdzniecibas skaitisana Latvija 1935. gada., 1938

Tirdzniecibas uznemumu apgrozijumi 1933.-1935. gadam., 1937

Latvijas amatnieciba un rupnieciba 1935. g., 1938

Latvijas areja tirdznieciba un transits 1936, 1937

Latvjias areja tirdznieciba un transits 1938, 1939

Rupniecibas statistika 1936, 1938

Rupniecibas statistika 1937, 1939

Rupniecibas statistika 1938, 1940

Photographs depicting life in Latvian displaced person camps in Germany, 1945-1947

Memmingen camp, 1947

Hochfeld camp, 1946-1947

Hochfeld and Augsburg camps, 1946

Augsburg camp, 1946

Murnau camp, 1948

Miscellaneous, n.d.

Greven camp, 1946-1947

Greven camp, 1946-1947

Miscellaneous negatives, n.d.

Art school, Esslingen camp, 1946

Workshops, Esslingen camp, 1946

Drama school, Esslingen camp, 1946

Baltic Olympiad sports event, Augsburg, 1946

Song festival, Fischbach camp, 1947

Song festival, Ansbach camp, 1946

Augsburg camp, 1946

Esslingen camp, 1946

Kleinkotz camp, 1947

Casualty reports and other records relating to Latvian policemen and soldiers in World War II, 1942-1944

Correspondence, cemetery plans, and names of the dead, largely in relation to fighting on the Eastern Front, 1942-1944

Death records, including accompanying correspondence, concerning Latvian policemen and soldiers, 1942-1944

Death records, including accompanying correspondence, concerning Latvian policemen and soldiers, 1942-1944

Lists of missing and fallen soldiers, 1942-1944

Miscellaneous records concerning dead and missing soldiers, 1942-1944

Lists of those killed in action, 1942-1944

Lists of those killed in action, 1942-1944

Photographs of military cemeteries, n.d.

Orders, reports, and other records relating to Latvian police and military units, 1942-1944

17th E Battalion, 1942

Riga Police Headquarters, 1942

270th Abrene Pioneer Battalion, 1942

313th Latvian Police Battalion, 1944

16th Zemgale Battalion, 1943

17th Vidzeme Battalion, 1943

18th Kurzeme Battalion, 1943

19th Latgale Battalion, 1943

22nd Daugava Battalion, 1943-1944

23rd Gauja Battalion, 1943

Liaison Officer to Chief of Police and SS, 1943

266th E Battalion

268th Ergli Battalion, 1943

279th Cesis Battalion, 1943

279th (271st Aizpute) Battalion, 1943

Recovery Company, 1944

16th E Battalion, 1942

23rd Battalion, 1944

25th Abava Battalion, 1942

267th Reserve Battalion, 1943

271st Battalion, 1944

313th Police Battalion, 1943

Riga Police Regiment, 1943-1944

2nd Headquarters Liaison Unit, 1944

3rd Latvian Police Regiment, 1944

Kurzeme Police Regiment, 3rd Battalion, 1944

20th Riga Police Battalion, 1944

21st Liepaja Battalion, 1942-1943

22nd Battalion, 1944

25th Abava Battalion, 1944

276th Kuldiga Battalion, 1943

Names of soldiers killed in action, various units, 1942-1944

266th E Battalion, 1942

313th Police Battalion, 1944

317th Battalion, 1943-1944

672nd Battalion, 1944

18th E Ergli Battalion, 1942

271st Aizpute Battalion, 1942

273rd Battalion, 1942

280th Battalion, 1943

281st Battalion, 1943

27th Burtnieki Battalion, 1943

20th Riga Police Battalion, 1942-1943

26th Tukums Battalion, 1943

319th F Battalion, 1943

322nd Battalion, 1944

316th (280th b) Battalion, 1943

282nd Venta Battalion, 1943

19th Latgale Battalion, 1942

25th Abava Battalion, 1943

321st F Battalion, 1944

270th (672nd) Abrene Pioneer Battalion, 1943

24th Talsi Battalion, 1943

316th Battalion, 1944

277th Sigulda Battalion, 1942-1943

Records of the delegation of the Latviesu Centrala Komiteja in the American zone of occupation in Germany, 1946-1947

Minutes of meetings, 1946-1947

Correspondence with headquarters, 1946

General correspondence, 1946-1947

Correspondence with local representatives, 1946-1947

Records of the Latvian Central Council in Germany, 1945-1948.

First session, Hiddessen, 1945

Second session, Hanau, 1946

Third session, Wurzburg, 1946

Fourth session, Blomberg, 1946

Fifth session, Hanau, 1946

Sixth session, Kassel, 1946

Seventh session, Meerbeck, 1947

Eighth session, Darmstadt, 1947

Ninth session, Fischbach, 1947

Tenth session, Babenhausen, 1948

Eleventh session, Wurzburg, 1948

Twelfth session, Hanau, 1948

Thirteenth session, Fulda, 1948

Records of the Latvian National Committee and other organizations in Germany, 1944-1946

Ledger, 1945

Record of budget expenditures, 1945

Accounts, 1945

Record of deposits, 1945

Miscellaneous financial records, 1945

Income and expenditure records, 1946

Accounts and correspondence, 1946

Personnel records, Lubeck, 1946

Miscellaneous correspondence, 1946

Financial records of 1st Latvian District Committee, 1946

Minutes of meetings, 1945-1946

Instructions, notices, and orders of the president of the Latvian National Committee, 1945

Decrees of the president of the Latvian National Committee, 1945

Surveys of activities, 1945

Organizational file, 1945-1946.

File on benefits and pensions, 1945

Reports on conditions in displaced person camps, 1945

Correspondence with Latviesu Centrala Komiteja, 1945

Correspondence with Latvijas Veselibas Kamera, 1945

Correspondence with Latvian Red Cross, 1945

Correspondence concerning the Latvian War Hospital in Schwerin, 1945

Community court file, 1945

General file, 1944-1945

File on Latvian prisoners of war, 1944-1945

File on closing of Latvian police headquarters, 1945

Materials relating to Latvian prisoners of war in Putlos, 1944-1945

Correspondence with British military authorities, 1945

Correspondence with 626 Military Government Detachment, 1946

Instructions and orders issued by 626 Military Government Detachment, 1946

Correspondence with the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA), 1946

Property claims file, 1945

Financial records of the 1st Latvian District Committee, 1946

General file of the Latvian Agricultural Training School in Alt-Erfrade, 1946-1947

Records of the Latvian Representation at Detmold, Germany, 1945-1948

General file, 1946-1947

Financial records, 1945-1946

Minutes of teachers' meetings, 1946-1947

Duplicates of school certificates, 1947-1948

Music compositions by Janis Zvaigzne, 1944

"Andante religioso"

"Kareivju klubina"

"Valse con calore"

"Vejiem lidz!"

"Izluku patrula"

"Divi marsi"

Records pertaining to Latvian police forces, 1944-1945

General file of the headquarters for the liquidation of police operations, 1944-1945

Correspondence file of the headquarters for the liquidation of police operations, 1944-1945

Correspondence concerning the tracing of relatives, 1944-1945

Personnel file, 1944-1945

Materials relating to the evacuation of a hospital in Riga, 1944-1945

Names of dismissed employees, 1945

Personnel file, 1944-1945

Materials relating to the arrival of employees in Germany, 1944-1945

Materials relating to the issuance of food coupons, 1944

Miscellaneous correspondence and personnel files, 1944-1945

Reports from district police chiefs, 1944-1945

Materials relating to the liquidation of police operations, 1944-1945

Valmiera District

Valka District

Rezekne District

Jelgava District

Madona District

Ludza District

Jekabpils District

Ilukste District

Daugavpils District

Cesis District

Bauska District

Abrene District

Railway police

Riga District

Four motion picture reels, largely depicting scenes of life in displaced person camps in Germany

Four reels of microfilm