The records were received at the archives as captured materials, and the inventory was compiled at the archives in 1946. The documents have survived only partially and give only fragmentary insight into activities of the institution. There is information about people who served in the police battalions, campaigns Winterzauber and Heinrich, etc.
Entry added on May 28, 2014 by Rita Bogdanova based on finding aids available at the repository.
The SS and Police Leader in Latvia acted as the highest German police authority in the General Region (Generalbezirk) Lettland; it combined the functions of both security and order. The position was subordinate to the highest SS and Police Commands in Ostland and Russia North. The SS and Police Leader in Latvia in 1941-1944 was Walter Schroeder, in Riga.
USHMM RG-18.002M (Latvian Central State Historical Archive (Riga) records)
Original documents are in the custody of The National Archives of Latvia State Historical Archives of Latvia
1 printed finding aid is available at the reading room.
The physical condition of documents is satisfactory. Some documents are difficult to read because of text fading.
A. Ezergailis. *The Holocaust in Latvia, 1941-1944: the Missing Center.* Riga The Historical institute of Latvia [in association with The United State Holocaust Memorial Museum], 1996, 465 p. Anita Kugler. *Scherwitz: Der jüdische SS-Offizier* Cologne, Kiepenheuer & Witsch, 2004, 758 p. A. Angrik, P. Klein. *The Final Solution in Riga: Exploitation and Annihilation, 1941-1944.* New-York, Berghahn Books, 2009, 515 p. Katrin Reichelt. *Lettland unter deutscher Besatzung 1941–1944. Der lettische Anteil am Holocaust.* Metropol-Verlag Verlag, Berlin, 2011, 428 p.
No other records expected.
Free access.
58 files
Files are arranged according to the inventories.
Registration and confiscation of Jewish property.
SS un policijas vadītājs Latvijā