Befehlshaber der Sicherheitspolizei und des SD in Riga (Fond 504) RG-11.001M.05

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Descriptive summary

Title: Befehlshaber der Sicherheitspolizei und des SD in Riga (Fond 504)

Dates: 1941-1944

Accession number: 1993.A.0085.1.6

Creator: Befehlshaber der Sicherheitspolizei und des Sicherheitsdienstes

Extent: 5 microfilm reels (partial) 5,218 digital images

Repository: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives, 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW, Washington, DC 20024-2126

Languages: German Russian

Scope and content of collection The collection contains reports, German translations of documents, minutes, circulars, orders, reviews, secret publications, financial documents, correspondence, special bulletins, transcripts of testimonies, and various materials such as copies of documents and maps. Includes information on police activities against partisans and other resistance efforts in the Occupied Eastern Territories; the activities of Einsatzgruppe A; directives and instructions of Himmler and other senior police officials about the treatment of foreign workers; measures for their punishment; the treatment of Communist Party officials; documents created by resistance groups and CP organs that were captured by the Wehrmacht and SS; Schutzmannschaften activities; Jewish partisan activities; the slave labor of Jews, Soviet POWs, and others; the collaboration of Polish and other nationalist groups with Germans against the USSR; the transport and forced labor of Jews; the establishment and maintenance of camps and prisoners; the killing of Jews and others in forests; the Spanish Blue Division; Latvian and Dutch volunteers in German military units; and the general administration of occupied territories.

Administrative Information

Restrictions on access: No restrictions on access.

Restrictions on reproduction and use: Reproduction and publication only with written permission of the Russian State Military Archives.

Preferred citation: Preferred citation for USHMM archival collections; consult the USHMM website for guidance.

Acquisition information: Source of acquisition is the Russian State Military Archive (Rossiĭskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ voennyĭ arkhiv), Osobyi Archive, Fond 504. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in 1993.

Existence and location of originals: Rossiĭskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ voennyĭ arkhiv

Related materials:  Fishman, D. E. and Kupovetsky, M, Kuzelenkov, V. (ed.), Nazi-Looted Jewish Archives in Moscow. A guide to Jewish Historical and Cultural Collections in the Russian State Military Archive. Scranton: University of Scranton Press 2010. Published in association with the United States Holocaust memorial Museum and The Jewish Theological Seminary.  https://www.lootedart.com/MFEU4M60512_print;Y [accessed 11 September 2018]  http://www.sonderarchiv.de/fonds/fond0503.pdf [accessed 11 September 2018]  http://www.ceelbas-cdt.ac.uk/archive-guide/structure-soviet-archives [accessed 11 September 2018]  Browder, G. C. Captured German and other Nation's Documents in the Osobyi (Special) Archive, Moscow. Published by: Cambridge University Press on behalf of Conference Group for Central European History of the American Historical Association. Internet access: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4546224 [accessed 11 September 2018]  http://www.sonderarchiv.de/fondverzeichnis.htm [accessed 11 September 2018]

Processing history: Processed by Aleksandra Borecka, 2018.

Historical note It was copied as the whole collection.

System of arrangement Fond 504 (1941-1944). Opis 1-2, delo 1-46. Arranged in eight series: 1. SIPO various reports; 2. Orders and instructions to the various police bodies in the occupied Baltic States; 3. Instructions and correspondence of the SIPO and SD on various matters; 4. Orders, regulations and directives from Himmler and other German police officials; 5. Orders, regulations, and correspondence of the RSHA with various security police units in Ostland about the formation and reorganization of concentration and labor camps in Pakrie, Slansi, Stutthof, Lublin, , Nowogrodek, Riga, and other territories in the occupied countries; 6. Travel reports to Kaunas (Lithuania) and Minsk (Belarus) by a Nazi functionaries, 1943; 7. Personnel documents of German officials (resumes,

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forms, letters, excerpts from the "Who is Who in the Third Reich" ); 8. Lists of officials of the German civil administration in Riga; January 1942-June 1944.

Note: Microfilm reels: #74 (near the end)-75, 186, 204, 205 (16 mm)

Indexing terms Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. . --History. Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. des Sicherheitsdienstes und der Sicherheitspolizei. Einsatzgruppe A. . Geheime Staatspoliz World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Europe. World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Europe. Jews--Persecutions--Europe--History--20th century. Forced labor--Latvia--Riga. Police administration--Germany--History, 1939-1945. Police administration--Lat Germany--Politics and government -1933-1945. Kaunas (Lithuania) Minsk (Belarus) Riga (Latvia)--History--German occupation, 1941-1944. Bulletins. Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) Correspondence. Maps. Registers. Reports. Resumes.

CONTAINER LIST

Note: Files were not microfilmed in order, and may be interspersed on the microfilm reels with materials from other collections. Some folders were duplicated twice on different reels; check both versions to ensure all pages from that file were captured.

Reel 74

Fond 504, opis 1

1 Sipo reports on communist and partisan activity in Estonia. September 1941 -November 1943. 37 pp. Folder begins on image RG-11.001M.0074.00001283.jpg

From RSHA (Reichssicherheits Hauptamt) to Einsatzgruppe A (September 1941) Communist Activities in Ostland: Communism in the Estonian regions occupied as of August 1941. Additional communication from Commander, Security Police, and SD, Einsatzgruppe A to RSHA , noting that action (Aktion) was assigned to Sonderkommando A (regarding Communist activities). RSHA memo regarding the carrying out of combat against Communism in the occupied eastern territories (August

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1943). Report about regional Communist Party committee directives sent to district party committees about preparing armed insurrection (in occupied areas) during 1943. German translation of plans for communist party; political activities behind the front, 1942-1943. [Russian] instructions on how to organize partisan units in the steppes. From Reich Commissioner for Ostland to commander Sipo and SD, Ostland in Riga: Communists in the Riga state organizations. 1941-1942.

2 German translation of the report made by the chief of the political department of the northwestern front, Commissar Ryachev, sent to the main political department of the Red Army about the organization of Soviet partisan groups, and protocol of the meeting of police chiefs chaired by Latvian police commander Schroeder on methods to be used in combatting Soviet partisans. August 1941 - July 1942. 18 pp. Folder begins on image RG-11.001M.0074.00001340.jpg

[Interspersed with Russian translations of earlier materials.] German translation of leaflet spelling out partisan organizational affairs; also of a report on the organization of Soviet partisan units. Material designed to inform Germans tasked with combating Russian partisans; to collect all the necessary information, the memo says "partisans are only to be arrested initially in order to interrogate them, and they are to be shot only in threatening combat situations." Discussion about who was to do what among the military and security services concerning anti-partisan actions, indicates that largest part of these actions are being carried out by local nationals, so-called Schutzmannschaften under German police leadership. 1941-1942.

4 Order No. 42 of the SIPO and SD commander about the fight against Soviet partisans and reports about the methods employed by Soviet partisans. 14 February - 27 April 1942. 21 pp. Folder begins on image RG-11.001M.0074.00001384.jpg

Transmittal of report about experiences with the operation of partisan units, to Chief, Einsatzgruppe A. Contains detailed prior history of Bolshevik, Russian and Soviet partisan movements. 1942.

6 Reports of the security police about the Soviet partisan operations and the capture of some of their number by the Germans. February 1942 - August 1944. 71 pp. Folder begins on image RG-11.001M.0074.00001421.jpg

Report about a German army lieutenant's participation in partisan activities. Various items about partisan activities. 1942-1944.

7 Security police reports about Jewish participation in the partisan movement in the Baltics. September 1942 -June 1944. 60 pp. Folder begins on image RG- 11.001M.0074.00001495.jpg

From White Ruthenia (Minsk): Jews among partisans. Report says that their extensive involvement can be counteracted only by the speedy elimination of Jews in a given region. In that connection, all local officials are requested to reduce the number of Jews with special skills to a bare minimum and to guard them within a ghetto. Telegram reporting the destruction of a partisan unit composed of Jews, noting that others were

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still in the area who had previously escaped from the Bialystok ghetto during its partial evacuation (February 1943). Various reports of attacks on Jewish partisan units, and of activities by partisan units which also contained Jews. Activities of so-called White Polish bandits in Lithuania whose main task was to kill Jewish partisans. Reports about German encounters (all these reports were filed under the rubrik "Jews and Partisans" [by this time the Germans had begun the use of "bandits" to describe partisans, i.e. from "Partisanen" to "Banditen"].

8 Brief report about the SIPO and SD activities in the fight against partisans and paratroopers during October 1942, secret edition of the German Army general headquarters publication called "News About the Partisan War", editions 1 - 5. January - June 1942. 43 pp. Folder begins on image RG-11.001M.0074.00001549.jpg

Commander, Sipo and SD, Ostland; short report about Sipo and SD activities to combat partisans and parachutists since October 1, 1942 (December 1942). Report underlines that actions were carried out exclusively and solely by Sipo and SD forces. Memo about decorations for SD command, Einsatzgruppe A of Sipo and SD, Krasnokvardeisk staff. Various official expressions of thanks to Sonderkommandos of Sipo and SD for various combat activities. From Chief, General Staff, 16th Army, expressing appreciation of work by 1B of the SD attached to his army during the eastern campaign (November 1942). Expressions of appreciation and request for continuing cooperation of SD with Army in the Petrograd region. Reports about fight against partisans. Complete historical and organizational reports about partisans, with charts, schematic drawings of a partisan camp, etc.

9 Order of SS police official Bach about using captured partisans as laborers in industry and agriculture. July - September 1943. 16 pp. Folder begins on image RG- 11.001M.0074.00001617.jpg

Treatment of partisan prisoners. Alleged Führerbefehl [Führer order, to be carried out without question], according to which captured partisans are to be treated like POWs and sent to camps where they are to be used as laborers. Directives to field to enforce this procedure (July 1943). Elaborate explanation by RFSS and Chief of German Police, chief of Anti-Partisan Units: on getting Labor Resources for the German Armaments and Food industries as a result of anti-partisan activities. Exceptions in this "preferential" treatment (see Führerbefehl, above) are to be made for partisans who are high political functionaries, political commissars, Jews, or "other particularly dangerous elements." Those, and captured parachutists, will continue to be accorded "Sonderbehandlung" [special treatment, i.e. execution]. Report listing weapons captured during anti-partisan activities. 1943.

10 Report by the SIPO and SD in Bialystok district about captured documents, including an abstract of Stalin's appeals to partisans, documents from the "Lenin" partisan brigade, delegations from the Polish partisan headquarters. September 1943 - July 1944. 82 pp. Folder begins on image RG-11.001M.0074.00001644.jpg

Extensive field distribution of a intercepted report about Stalin's May 1943 exhortation to partisans calling for active opposition in the occupied territories (with German

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translation of Stalin's words). German translation of Russian call on population in the occupied territories, "Death to the Occupiers - Read and Pass On." Rest of material is a report about Soviet successes at the front (summer 1943). Various reports about partisans in Bialystok area. Additional German reports about successful anti-partisan activities (in Riga region); reports from Lithuania about partisan activities, much of which was by Polish partisan units, and joint Polish-Russian units, including many Jews. Report about Polish underground movement in Vilnius. 1943-1944.

11 Data about the activities of partisan brigades in Lithuania, and interrogations of Soviet citizens suspected of cooperation with the partisans in the Dno district near Leningrad. December 1943 - January 1944. 119 pp. Folder begins on image RG- 11.001M.0074.00001745.jpg

German reports (in Lithuanian) about partisan activities. Interrogation reports of local citizens suspected of contact with partisans. 1943-1944.

12 Secret edition of German Army headquarters publication called "News About the Partisan War", edition 3. July 1943. 19 pp. Folder begins on image RG- 11.001M.0074.00001891.jpg

More reports about partisan combat. To be distributed to all units behind the frontline. Contains organizational charts, etc., and details of cooperation between the center (Stalin), the Red Army, and partisan organizations. 1943.

13 Secret edition of German Army headquarters publication called "News About the Partisan War", volume 6. December 1943. 4 pp. Folder begins on image RG- 11.001M.0074.00001941.jpg

Fond 504, opis 2

1 Orders, instructions, and directives to various police bodies in the occupied Baltics about the position of security offices of the SD within the Nazi Party. Joint processing of intelligence information and directives for movements of individuals into and out of Germany. Second transport of Vienna Jews to Riga. 1938 -1943. Folder begins on image RG-11.001M.0074.00001952.jpg

From RSHA Berlin: Cooperation of Party organizations and SD with respect to the reporting and collection of information (August 1943). The SD-SS are said to be creatures of the Party. Organization of Referat IV A (1940), showing responsibility for anti-communist activities, the anti-Marxist struggle, returnees from Russia, and Germans in the Soviet Union. Other staffing details include section on Struggling with the Enemy (with Eichmann in charge of Emigration and Evacuation). Memo from Chief, Central Office for Jewish Emigration (Vienna) to Commander, SD and Sipo, Einszatgruppe A (Riga) concerning a transport of Jews from Vienna to Riga, and money related to that transport (RM 50,000). Series of SD-Sipo interservice administrative and organizational directives. Various legal and administrative matter, particularly with respect to violations during the war in the military services, and who has jurisdiction.

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Travel restrictions for certain foreigners; also, regulations governing trips abroad by members of certain Nazi Party organizations. Various passport matters related to travel in occupied French and Belgian territories. 1938-1943.

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Fond 504, opis 2 (continued)

2 Instructions and correspondence of the SIPO and SD chief of Ostland with local SIPO and SD departments and with the Reichskommissar for Ostland about the prohibition of western radio broadcasts. Notes by the police in Berlin about the meeting of the representatives of the OKH, the guard police and concentration camp chief Eicke. Labor duty for Jews and the creation of special camps for this purpose. Directives of the Main SS military inspection department. 1939 - 1945. 324 pp. Folder begins on image RG- 11.001M.0075.00000006.jpg

[Russian listing of documents, individuals, Sipo and SD members, 1942-1944, in Estonia; list of SD schools]. Directive about prohibition of listening to foreign broadcasts, addressed to highest Reich officials and authorities directly responsible to Hitler. Deals with a previous order establishing who among officials can listen. Hitler was not satisfied with that list and issued his own orders as to who can and who cannot listen, and what the structures are (January 1942). Additional materials on listening to foreign broadcasts, including a conflict between those enforcing the anti-listening laws among the population and the security police. Memo about permission for foreign workers in Germany to listen to broadcasts from home: no restrictions of broadcasts which originate in countries occupied by Germany and whose political view are regarded as being "friendly." Various reports about enemy radio propaganda. One memo reports that various special German organizations had transmitted intentionally wrong reports to confuse the enemy. Instead, German military personnel who heard these reports were confused. March 1939, memo from high level ministerial, military, and chiefs of concentration camps meeting concerning whether Jews can perform any services in case of war. Reason for discussion was that military high command had decreed that Jews can no longer serve in the reserves, and definitely not at the front. 1939-1945.

6 Regulations and directives of the RSHA for counter-espionage about the creation of a special SD command called "Jersey", based in Lyon and designed to fight British agents. Telegrams and reports from various operational groups about the activities of partisans in the occupied Baltic territories. Training of experts of the RSHA for intelligence work. Organization of an agent training school in the USSR and England. Recruiting agents for the Gendarmerie. Interrogations of Soviet paratroopers. "N-referrat." 1941 - 1944. 260 pp. Folder begins on image RG-11.001M.0075.00000408.jpg (SEE ALSO note about this folder on reel 204)

Index of SD activities in France and in the Soviet Union. Memo on anti-sabotage activities in army. Also, about sabotage in war-related industries, how to report, etc. Report about investigation by specially organized SD units into a Polish underground network reporting to London and its appearances in western and southwestern Europe, with list of enemy agents arrested (April 1944). Extensive report on anti-espionage

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agent activities on Soviet territory. Himmler message to all senior SS and police commanders, subject carelessness during telephone conversations about location and travels of high-ranking Party and state officials. 1941-1944.

7 Directives and instructions of Himmler and other senior police officials about the treatment of foreign workers, measures for their punishment, and reports to Riga about inviting Latvian dentists to aid German soldiers. Treatment of Jews, Poles, and Gypsies. 1941 - 1944. ca 119 pp. Folder begins on image RG-11.001M.0075.00000748.jpg

Rules prescribing church services for Polish workers in Germany. Treatment of Poles in ocupied eastern territories and of Poles in Germany; distinctive marking for Poles working in Germany. Treatment of Danes working in Germany (if they violate orders they are to be sent automatically to concentration camp or "work education camp"). Removal back to Holland of Dutch workers if their behavior was unsatisfactory. Sipo dealing with Italians working in Germany (September 1943); greater attention to be paid to Italians in Germany since their government capitulated. Labor details for interned Italian offices and non-coms. 1941-1944.

8 Orders, regulations, and correspondence of the RSHA with various security police units in Ostland about the formation and reorganization of concentration and labor camps in Pakrie, Slansi, Stutthof, Lublin, Warsaw, Nowogrodek, Riga, and other territories in the occupied east. Treatment of prisoners in these camps, measures to be taken to prevent escapes, and the evacuation of partisan sympathisers. (IVC2) 1942 - 1944. 259 pp. Folder begins on image RG-11.001M.0075.00001016.jpg

Change of work camp Plaszow near Cracow into concentration camp (June 1944). Directive about privileged or special treatment of protective custody prisoners in concentration camps. Directive RFSS and Chief, German Police that by the end of January 1945 at least 35,000 prisoners who can work are to be transferred to concentration camps. Incorporation of KZ inspectorate into SS Administrative Headquarters (May 1942). From Interior Minister, directive about "Assets of Dead Prisoners;" one category deals with Polish and Jewish prisoners, and those from the Soviet Union. Because so many women prisoners, including Germans, are dying in Auschwitz, German women prisoners are no longer to be sent there (April 1944). RSHA proclamations for Baltic states: any prisoner, even those sentenced to death, can get out if he joins the German army in the field against the Soviets (February 1944). Various messages from Einsatzgruppen about turning over captured partisan women and children to camp. From Chief, Sipo and SD, Einsatzgruppe A in Rig, about setting up a concentration camp in Latvia (October 1941). Also, expansion of police prisons in Riga area. Setting up a concentration camp for Lithuanian region because of crowding in regular prisons (February 1942); it is to hold 3-4,000 prisoners. 1942-1944.

10 "Reports [Meldungen] from the Occupied Eastern Territories." Numbers 1, 3, 11, and 12 are 1942 directives to EG on authority of RK i.d. besetzten Ostgebieten and "Gründung einer Niederländ. Ost-Kompanie" in den Haag. 1942 - 1943. Folder begins on image RG- 11.001M.0075.00001363.jpg

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Report from Occupied Eastern Territories by Einsatzgruppen: Gruppe A has a section on shooting of Jews who belonged to Minsk partisans, and D reported on evacuation of Jews from its area. No reports from Einsatzgruppen B and C. Location and communication network of various Einsatzgruppen, with breakdowns into Special Commands (Sonderkommando) and Einsatzkommando. Information Bulletin (Chief, Sipo and SD) contains Führer decree concerning police security in the occupied territories, and a Führerbefehl about secrecy requirements. Various other situation reports, including one about Sonderbehandlung [i.e. killing] of communists and Jews allegedly prepared to liberate imprisoned Soviet officers in Vladimir-Volynsk (Ukraine). 1942.

11 Mitteilungsblätter d. C. d. Sipo u. SD-Kommandostab. Numbers 2, 4, 5, and 6. 1942. Folder begins on image RG-11.001M.0075.00001457.jpg

Discussion about the utilization of 1.2 million Soviet laborers in Reich and associated difficulties. Directives to all Germans in area to stop referring to occupied eastern territories as German colonies and treatment of inhabitants as colonial people. Various administrative directives for occupied eastern territories (Baltics) and Ukraine.

12 Mitteilungsblätter Numbers 10 and 11. 1942. Folder begins on image RG- 11.001M.0075.00001542.jpg

Setting up of a central organization of members of eastern people; use of workers from the east; lists of agricultural resources in occupied eastern territories. 1942.

13 Mitteilungsblätter Numbers. 14 (December 1942), 15, 18, and 20 (August 1943). Folder begins on image RG-11.001M.0075.00001639.jpg

Information Bulletin (December 1942) about various administrative measures in occupied eastern territories.

24 Directive of SS officer Kaltenbrunner about the tasks of SS and police units arising out of the appointment of SS Officer Keppler as special representative of Himmler. January 1944. Folder begins on image RG-11.001M.0075.00001699.jpg

Führerbefehl about nomination of a Special Representation of RFSS, Keppler, in occupied territories.

28 Copies of the documents received from the GDR for the collection on "Mass Executions of Soviet Citizens on the Territories of Temporarily Occupied Soviet Lithuania" prepared by the archival department of the Lithuanian SSR. 1941 - 1944. Materials originating from the office of the commander of the Sipo/SD for Ostland (BdS in Riga), copied from the GDR archive in Potsdam. Materials mainly concern the German occupation of Lithuania. The file is divided into nine (9) sub-files. 1941 - 1944. 52 pp. Folder begins on image RG-11.001M.0075.00001704.jpg

Travel report by a Nazi functionary.

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subfile 1: 7 September 1943 - Report covering the trip by the permanent representative of the Reich Minister and Gauleiter Dr. Mayer to Kaunus, Vilnius, Dunaburg, and Minsk (20 - 26 August 1943). It includes evaluations of meetings, the situation in the various localities regarding various aspects of occupation policies, including administration, economics, personnel, partisan warfare, etc. 16 pp. subfile 2: Personnel documents and correspondence relating to Ewald Bub who worked for the Gebietskommissar Dunaburg in Rositten and was later transfered to Siauliai to work under Gebietskommissar Gewecke. 15 pp. subfile 3: Resume of Gebietskommissar for Vilnius Hingst. 3 pp. subfile 4: Blank forms relating to staff of the SA-Führerkorps. 2 pp. subfile 5: Excerpts from the Who is Who in the Third Reich ["Fünftausend Köpfe"] on Hans Gewecke, Gebietskommissar in Siauliai. 3 pp. subfile 6: Letter dated 7 September 1941, addressed to Gebietskommissar Gewecke, regarding a tour of a delegation from Germany through Ostland. 3 pp. subfile 7: Letter dated 23 July 1942, addressed to Gebietskommissar Gewecke (mostly illegible). 5 pp. subfile 8: Announcement to all Lithuanians that by the Hitler decree of 17 July 1941, Heinrich Lohse was named Reichkommissar for Ostland. 3 pp. subfile 9: Announcement by Generalkommissar von Renteln, addressed to all Lithuanians about the naming of the various Gebietskommissars in Lithuania: Kaunus-City, Kramer; Kaunus-Land, Lentuen; Vilnius-City, Hingst; Vilnius-Land, Wulff; Siauliai, Gewecke.

29 Correspondence with the Kommissar for Lithuania in Kaunus about salary increases for employees in various departments. Confiscations of property by the SS. Conflict between Lohse (RK) and GenKom von Renteln. 1941 - 1942. Folder begins on image RG- 11.001M.0075.00001773.jpg

Problems created by new wage scales for white-collar workers in Baltic countries (November 1941).

Reel 186

Fond 504, opis 1

3 Directive of the Minister for the Occupied Eastern Territories about transferring the forest rangers to the authority of police districts in order to combat partisans. 15 October - 14 November 1942. 4 pp. Folder begins on image RG- 11.001M.0186.00000100.jpg

4a Search lists published by the German SIPO and SD in Latvia. 1942 - 1943. (Reel 186) Folder begins on image RG-11.001M.0186.00000107.jpg

(Another--conflicting--description of the same folder: Complete collection of weekly news releases published by the Criminal Police in Latvia [Meldeblatt der im Generalbezirk Lettland], covering the period from 2 October 1942 to 2 June 1944.

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Each release contains approximately five (5) pages and deals with matters of the criminal police. They are published in a bilingual German/Latvian format.)

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8 (reproduction of the same folder from reel 74) Folder begins on image RG- 11.001M.0186.00000506.jpg

9 (reproduction of the same folder from reel 74) Folder begins on image RG- 11.001M.0186.00000574.jpg

10 (reproduction of the same folder from reel 74) Folder begins on image RG- 11.001M.0186.00000601.jpg

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12 (reproduction of the same folder from reel 74) Folder begins on image RG- 11.001M.0186.00000847.jpg

13 (reproduction of the same folder from reel 74) Folder begins on image RG- 11.001M.0186.00000900.jpg

14 Information about the operations of Polish nationalist organizations against the Red Army and their relations with the Germans. January 1944 - July 1944. 63 pp. (Reel 186) Folder begins on image RG-11.001M.0186.00000911.jpg

Fond 504, opis 2

3 Telegrams, directives, and instructions of Himmler and the chief of the German police, signed by Krause and Heydrich, about the procedure of coming and going from the occupied eastern territories. Correspondence with the SIPO and SD chief in the east with the security police chiefs in the Ostland states on this matter. 1941 - 1942. (Reel 186) Folder begins on image RG-11.001M.0186.00001002.jpg

4 Orders, instructions, and other materials from the RSHA concerning the combat against espionage. Instructions sent to chiefs of the security police in the Ostland states about this matter. Suspicions about the Swedish medical mission. 1941 - 1943. Folder begins on image RG-11.001M.0186.00001188.jpg

5 Orders and regulations of the OKH and orders of the SIPO and SD chief about the procedure for the treatment of POWs on the occupied territories. Correspondence with the heads of the security service in Crakow, Riga, and Kiev about depriving some citizens of German origin of citizenship for misbehavior. 1941 - 1944. Folder begins on image RG-11.001M.0186.00001399.jpg

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9 Circular of the High Command of the German Armed Forces to the chiefs of police and leaders of the SS of Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Belarus on increasing the vigilance of German soldiers in connection with the discovery of the Polish espionage organization / there is no information about it / Circulars authorized by the Gestapo at enterprises on measures to combat sabotage and supervision of workers from the occupied areas. 1942-1944. 29 pp. Folder begins at image RG- 11.001M.0186.00001762.jpg

27 Correspondence of the Minister for the Occupied Eastern Territories and the Reichskommissar in Riga and with the Reichskommissar for Ostland about sending the belongings of Latvian soldiers who perished to their relatives. 1943 - 1944. This file includes correspondence and papers dealing with volunteers, mostly of Latvian descent. 1942 - 1943. 80 pp. Folder begins on image RG-11.001M.0186.00001810.jpg

pp 1-5 Index sheets for file 6 29 January 1942 - Order from Army District Commando for Foreign Countries [Wehrbezirkskommando Ausland] in Berlin, addressed to the Reichkommissar for Ostland, Tilsit Branch. Concerning Latvian and Lithuanian volunteers, it specifies that volunteers of Latvian and Lithuanian ethnic descent are not allowed to join the Wehrmacht. 8-12 July 1942 - Correspondence dealing with Dutch volunteers serving in units in Byelorussia. 26-35 June - November 1942 - Correspondence dealing with the bad treatment of Latvian volunteers in Livani [Livenhof]. 36-80 1942 - 1943 - Correspondence relating to belongings of Latvian volunteers who have died during their service.

30 Lists of officials of the German civil administration in Riga. January 1942 - June 1944. (Reel 186) Folder begins on image RG-11.001M.0186.00001925.jpg

Reel 204

Fond 504, opis 2

6 (reproduction of the same folder from reel 75, but this version includes Russian- language notes and translations) Folder begins on image RG- 11.001M.0204.00001907.jpg

Reel 205

20 Correspondence with the Spanish signal troops commander of the Spanish "Blue" division about the reformation of this unit. 1943 - 1944. (Reel 205) Folder begins on image RG-11.001M.0205.00000006.jpg

23 Records of the interrogations of Soviet POWs, including several senior officers, sent to the Reichskommissar for Ostland. November 1941. (Reel 205) Folder begins on image RG-11.001M.0205.00000202.jpg

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