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)
Contributors: Latvijas Valsts arhīvs; United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Series: Record Group List (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Research Institute) -- 027
Publisher: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: rus
Format: [microform]
Number of pages: 246
Subjects: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Sources; Jews; Persecutions; History; War crime trials
Description: 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.
Notes: "The Federalnaia sluzhba bezopasnosti Rossii (KGB / State Security Committe) 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"--p.1 of Index.

Index replicates first fiche of 246.

Chiefly in Russian with some Latvian; finding aid in English.