Lemberg Archival Administration

Collection

Holding institution (official language):: Центральний державний історичний архів України, м. Львів

Scope and content:: The fonds contains correspondence between the Directorate of Archives in Krakow and the State Archives of Lemberg (Lwów, Lviv), Tarnopol, and Sambor (Sambir) regarding the existence of Jewish vital records, as well as instructions for the transfer thereof to Krakow (1941-44); a list of Jewish employees of the Lemberg State Archive and their residential addresses (1941); a requisition for a certain number of Jewish employees to organise documents and provide auxiliary work at the Lemberg State Archive from 15 August to 1 November 1941; inventories of Jewish vital-records logs of Galicia (1941-44); orders for the transfer of Jewish vital records from the archives of the Office of the Governor-General to the Central Bureau for the Registration of Jewish Vital Records in Berlin (1942-43); a report dated 8 February 1944 to directors of the Security Service and SD of the District of Galicia regarding the confiscation of Jewish vital records in the Dolyna area; etc.

Administrative/biographical history:: The Lemberg (Lwów, Lviv) Archival Administration was established in August 1941 by the German occupation authorities. Dr. Hans Göring was appointed its director by the Directorate of Archives of the governor-general in Krakow. This Organisation was a separate institution until 31 March 1943, subordinate to the Office of the Administrative Chief (Amtschef), and was subsequently merged with the main department thereof. The Lemberg Archival Administration carried out operations as instructed by the Directorate of Archives of the governor-general in Krakow, which ordered that all materials housed in archives of Western Ukraine by the Soviet Archival Administration in 1939-41 be returned to agency archives; that documentary materials be selected for the archive of the governor-general in Krakow; and that German researchers be assisted and provided with requisite information for these purposes. In connection with the changed situation at the front and the advance of Soviet forces in late 1944, the Archival Administration ceased operations here and relocated to Krakow, then in early 1945 to Berlin.

Subject terms:: Correspondence; Occupation (military); Vital records; World War II

System of arrangement:: The fonds is arranged thematically and chronologically.