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Goobi
1940/1990
City Committee of Vilnius, the Communist Party of Lithuania (LKP)
CAH-0095
CAH
rus
lit
Textual material
Photographic images
good
LV
Special Archives of Lithuania
Lietuvos ypatingasis archyvas
lit
Gedimino 40/1, LT-01110, Vilnius
+370 5 261 0004
http://www.archyvai.lt/lt/lya.html
lya@archyvai.lt
LYA f. 3109
archival reference number
Lietuvos komunistų partijos (LKP) Vilniaus miesto komitetas
lit
City Committee of Vilnius, the Communist Party of Lithuania
1940
1990
5,386 files
Many of the personal files include only personal data – questionnaires, personal histories, recommendation letters and so on. Other files reflect more or less notable events: certain files include data on individuals who managed to survive during World War II (such as the case of Iosif Groisman, who survived the Nazi occupation and was drafted to the Red Army after his liberation in 1944) and several files from the 1950s reflect the process of rehabilitation of victims of the Stalinist purges.
Several files include data on party penalties (including expulsion from the party): one file mentions a member who in 1947 refused to accept an assignment as a party agitator in rural Lithuania; another file refers to a teacher who was reproached in 1959 for "conducting business activities and visiting a synagogue". Papers from 1957 mention a Jewish accountant who had allegedly hidden from the party his former membership of Ha-Shomer ha-Tsair. Several files mention cases of violence and alcoholism and many others mention allegations of theft and forgery.
Another part of the collection includes data on the functioning of various organisations in Vilnius, including data on the percentage of Jewish employees (this data reflects party politics during the antisemitic "Anti-Cosmopolitan Campaign" held in the last years of Stalin's rule). In several cases, the files include complaints against the Jewish presence in various organizations, such as a 1953 complaint against the "family atmosphere" in the Ministry of Health of the Lithuanian SSR, and allegations against Jewish individuals, such as a 1957 case of the Jewish manager of a dining establishment who lost his party membership card and was suspected of violent conduct against his spouse.
The collection also includes minutes and other papers documenting the meetings of various party cells, including meetings held during the "Anti-Cosmopolitan Campaign" in which accusations of "ideological failure" were raised against Jewish and non-Jewish members of the party.
Reports on public opinion in Vilnius are also part of the collection. Some of them include data on Jewish-related issues, such as the Doctors' plot (1953), the Six-Day War (1967) and the War of Attrition (1969-70) in the Middle East. These materials include reports of citizens' reactions recorded throughout the city.]]>
After the liberation of Lithuania from Soviet occupation the archives of the Communist Party of Lithuania were integrated in the Special Archives of Lithuania.
The Communist Party of Lithuania (LKP) was established in 1918 in Vilnius. After a brief unification with the Communist Party of Belorussia (during the existence of the short-lived Lithuanian-Belorussian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1919) the LKP continued its activities in the independent Republic of Lithuania. Between the 1926 nationalist coup and the Soviet takeover in 1940 it was subjected to persecution by the Lithuanian government. After the Soviet takeover of Lithuania in 1940 the party served as the backbone of Soviet rule in the country.
Vilnius
Grossman, V. S.
Communism
Communism--Communist parties and organisations
Doctors' Plot
Personal records
Occupation (military)
Antisemitism
Antisemitism--Anticosmopolitan campaigns
Anti-religious activity (Soviet Union)
Crime
Israel-Diaspora relations
Communist parties and organizations
The collection consists of 77 inventories.
Inventories are available at the Special Archives of Lithuania and at the online archival information system of the Lithuanian archives. Lists and descriptions of the Jewish-related materials are available at the Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People in Jerusalem.
eais-pub.archyvai.lt/eais/faces/pages/forms/search/F3001.jspx?_afPfm=3b0b03f9.1
A significant part of the Jewish-related materials was copied by the Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People in Jerusalem and is available there.
Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People