List of Victims and Survivors's file / תיק – רשימת קורבנות וניצולים

These documents include Name lists and historical documentation of Jews from Latvia and neighboring regions during the Holocaust. The sources list the names of Survivors who spent time in ghettos and concentration camps, alongside chilling lists of people Murdered by the Nazis and local collaboratorsThe information includes personal details such as: Dates of birth, residential addresses and family ties, as well as reports of deportations to the Soviet Union. Some of the pages were handwritten in Hebrew, Yiddish, and Russian, while others are Printed documents The data centers are for relief and memorial organizations. This documentation is used Vital evidence of the fate of the Jewish community and to preserve the memory of both victims and survivors.

The sources provide extensive and detailed documentation of the fate of Latvian Jewry during World War II, focusing on Semitic lists of victims, survivors, and prisoners of war (H-59-1f, H-59-2f, H-59-13f). The documentation includes lists of families murdered in various cities such as Riga, Ludza, Kuldīga, and Vilāni, as well as details of Jews who served in the Red Army or were imprisoned in Nazi concentration camps such as Stutthof and Buchenwald (H-59-1f, H-59-5f, H-59-16f, H-59-21f).

Key figures

Victims:

• Professor Shimon Dubnov: A renowned Jewish historian who was murdered in the Riga ghetto on December 1, 1941 (H-59-4f).
• Rabbi Yechiel Michal Lipman HaCohen Friedman: A rabbi who was murdered in the Holocaust along with his wife Rivka and his family (H59-19f).
• Rabbi Kilow: Murdered in the burning of the "Zolan" synagogue (H-59-4f).
• Dr. German Wasserman: A Zionist activist who was exiled to Russia together with his wife (H-59-2f, H-59-4f).
• Michael Burstein: A Polish-Jewish writer who wrote in the Riga ghetto about the "Great Aktion" and was apparently murdered in the Koenig camp (H59-22f).
• Burl Cal: The principal of the Jewish school in Goldingen who was murdered in the Holocaust (H-59-6f).
• Margaret Westerman: Survivor of the Riga ghetto and the Dundaga camp (H-59-1f).
• Yitzhak Misroch: Appears in the lists as a Jew who remained alive in Riga (H-59-2f).

Nazis and collaborators:

• "Germans and Latvians": The sources generally indicate the Germans and Latvians as those who committed the murders of Jews (H-59-2f, H59-17f).
• Suna: A hairdresser who informed the authorities about Mrs. Trubek, who initially went into hiding (H-59-3f).
• Rosenstein and his son: A designer who reported that he and his son worked with the Gestapo (H-59-4f).

Expansion of important sources

• H-59-4f: This document is a detailed summary report from May 1943, detailing the fate of dozens of individuals and families from Latvian Jewry (H-59-4f). The report indicates who was murdered in Riga, who was exiled to Russia, and who remained alive or whose fate is unknown, including details about rabbis and intellectuals (H-59-4f).
• H-59-1f: An extensive list of ghetto and concentration camp survivors who returned to live in Riga after the war (H-59-1f). The source provides names, years of birth, the camps they were in (such as Stutthof, Buchenwald, and Kaiserwald), and current residential addresses in Latvia (H-59-1f).
• H59-17f: This source contains very detailed statistical and semiotic lists of Jewish families from the city of Lutsa who were murdered in 1941 (H59-17f). It lists the name of the head of the family, the number of persons, and the breakdown by men, women, and children (H59-17f).
• H-59-13f: A unique document that compiles the names of "Prisoners of Zion" from Latvia who died in Soviet prisons and labor camps (H-59-13f). The list includes activists from various Zionist movements, such as "HaShomer Hatzair", "Beitar" and "Mizrahi" (H-59-13f).

List of sources

• H-59-1f : List of survivors of concentration camps and ghettos (Association of Former Ghetto and Concentration Camp Prisoners).
• H-59-2f : List of Jews murdered by the Germans and Latvians, including prominent figures and a list of living Jews.
• H-59-3f : List of surviving Jews and updates on the fate of families in Latvia.
• H-59-4f : A detailed summary from 1943 of the fate of Jews from Latvia (murdered, deported, or survived).
• H-59-5f : List of victims of the Riga genocide, divided by families and addresses.
• H-59-6f : List of students and teachers from the Jewish school in Kuldīga who were murdered or saved.
• H-59-7f : List of victims from the Levenson family and others from the city of Liepāja.
• H59-8-1f : List of victims from the Scheinenzon and Brenner families who were murdered in Riga.
• H-59-8-3f : Testimony about the murder of Jews in the Priniki Cemetery in Riga and about the Kodra camp.
• H59-8-5f : List of victims from the Liebchen, Teller and Lipschitz families from Rēzekne.
• H59-8-7f : List of victims from the Faybush and Shlamyk families who were murdered in Riga and Minsk.
• H-59-8f : A collection of testimonies about the murder of Jews in various places in Latvia (Riga, Kodra, Rāzkāne).
• H-59-9f : List of victims from the Raphaelson, Kissin, Lartner and Eisenberg families.
• H-59-10f : List of members of the Gershoni family who were murdered by the Nazis in Latvia.
• H-59-11f : Handwritten lists of Jews from Latvia from 1941.
• H-59-12f : List of Jews from Latvia (probably victims) from 1941.
• H-59-13f : List of prisoners of Zion from Latvia who died in prisons and camps in the USSR.
• H59-14f : List of Jews from the Dagda community who were murdered in the Holocaust.
• H59-15f : List of movement members who served in the Red Army during the war.
• H59-16f : List of movement members who fell in the war against fascism in the Red Army.
• H59-17-01f : List of Jewish families from the city of Ludza who were murdered in 1941.
• H59-17f : Detailed statistical lists of Jews murdered in the city of Ludza.
• H59-18-01f : List of victims from the town of Gostiņi (Gostiņi / Kalnciems) from 1926 onwards.
• H59-18f : Lists of victims from the cities of Golti, Kreuzburg and Riga.
• H59-19f : List of rabbis and their families from Latvia who perished in the Holocaust.
• H59-20-01f : List of Jews who fell in battle or were murdered, including dates and locations.
• H59-20f : Semitic lists of Jewish victims and fighters from Latvia.
• H59-21f : List of "Walloon saints" (Vilāni) who were murdered in the Holocaust.
• H59-22f : Testimony about the fate of Jewish writers and intellectuals in the Riga ghetto.

 

– H59-8f

– H59-8-1f

– H59-8-5f

– H59-8-7f

– H59-14f

– H59-15f

– H59-16f

– H59-17f

– H59-17-01f

– H59-18f

– H59-18-01f

– H59-19f

– H59-20f

– H59-20-01f

– H59-21f

– H59-22f

– H-59-1f

– H-59-2f

– H-59-3f

– H-59-8-3f

– H-59-4f

– H-59-5f

– H-59–6f

– H-59-7f

– H-59-9f

– H-59-10f

– H-59-11f

– H-59-12f

– H-59-13f

 

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