Finance Department of Kaunas City Municipality

Collection

Holding institution (official language):: Kauno regioninis valstybės archyvas

Scope and content:: The fonds contains records relating to real estate taxpayers, tax activities, correspondence with various institutions about financial questions, information on the municipal budget, complaints of taxpayers, issued permissions, lists of persons who engaged in illegal trade activities, various contracts, resolutions of city board meetings and lists of employees.

Jewish-related material is found in the records of real estate taxpayers, including of individual taxpayers and families; various synagogues; a Jewish Burial Society; “Poel Tzedik” school of tailoring; the Jewish Children Foster Home; the Hasidic synagogue; files of the “Ort" community; Rabbi seminary; Jewish prayer houses; files of the Jewish community in Slabada town; Jewish Real Gymnasium; files of “Aba Yechezkel” Jewish community and synagogue; files of the Central Jewish Bank; files of “Mikvah”; files of Kaunas Synagogues and Jewish Prayer Houses Committee; files of the board of the Jewish community; “Ohel Jakov” synagogue; files of a Jewish shelter home; a Jewish fellowship to promote science; “Ezro” fellowship; Jewish Children’s Hospital; Jewish Society for the Care of the Mentally Ill; Jewish community of Shanciai town; Epshtein Mozdechel synagogue; a Jewish orphanage; “Talmud-Torah” fellowship; Jewish cemetery; “Klioz Musar” synagogue; Neviazh Kloyz Jewish school.

Archival history:: The fonds was compiled and organized from 1955-1984. The source and date the documents were received are undetermined.

Administrative/biographical history:: The Finance Department of Kaunas City Municipality was responsible for tax collection, tax administration and supervision of activities related to real estate, businesses and taxes.

Subject terms:: Cemeteries; Education; Education--Schools and universities; Education--Talmud Torah; Education--Vocational training; Financial matters; Financial matters--Banks, banking, and bankers; Health and medical matters; Health and medical matters--Hospitals; Jewish community; Orphanages; ORT (Organisation for Rehabilitation through training); Synagogues; Taxation; Welfare

System of arrangement:: The collection is arranged alphabetically and chronologically.

Finding aids:: A list of files is available at the Kaunas Regional State Archives.

Yerusha Network member:: Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People