1. Remembrance of the Holocaust using archival documents Projects of Association “Shamir” Olga Aļeksejeva Researcher-assistant of Association “Shamir” Riga, Latvia

2. 1. The State Archive of Latvia (Latvijas Valsts arhīvs) 2. The State Archive of Personnel Files (Personāla dokumentu valsts arhīvs) 3. The State Historical Archive of Latvia (Latvijas Valsts Vēstures arhīvs) Directions of researches

3. Description: Researching of documents from the State Archive of Latvia fund Nr. 1986. This archive fund includes records of 49’321 person. Task of the project: To make a data base and to write biographic articles of all Jews who were arrested (cases of political arrests). Project “Jews who were arrested in Latvia 1940-1986”

4. Fund Nr. Name, Surname Date of birth, birth-place Description of arrest 39274 Aba Livshic 1919, Rezekne Member of Trumpeldor Organization; tried to flee to Palestine 45143 Jakov Dimanshtein 1921, Daugavpils Supported dealings with currency P-2360 Zigfrid Vainberg 1919, Munster (Germany) Supported Germans; participated in building of Salaspils camp P-2918 Frehy Shac 1898, Zhytomyr (Ukraine) Anti-Soviet activity Fragment from the data base “Jews who were arrested in Latvia 1940-1986”

5. Samples of biographic articles “Jews who were arrested in Latvia 1940-1986”

6. Description: Researching of documents from the State Archive of Latvia fund Nr. 270. This archive fund includes records of 58’000 persons. Task of the project: To make a data base of scanned evacuation cards. Project “Jews who evacuated from Latvia in 1941”

7. Samples of some evacuation cards

8. Description: Researching of documents from the State Archive of Personnel Files fund Nr. 3556 (Department of visas and registration). This archive fund includes records of 16’000 Jews. Task of the project: To make a data base and to write biographic articles. Project “Jews who emigrated from Latvia 1950-1989”

9. Sample of documents from Department of visas and registration

10. Description: Researching of documents from the State Historical Archive of Latvia fund Nr. 2942. Author of research – Tamara Zitcer. The aim of research: To make a data base of records from house registers (addresses of places were Jews lived in Riga). Research “The house registers of the Riga Ghetto”

11. Sample of documents from house registers and fragment from the data base “The house registers of the Riga Ghetto” Sample of some records from house register of one Riga Ghetto house. There is information about each person who lived there (name, surname, date of birth, place of birth, previous living address) and information when each person was registered in the Gheto and when he or she was signed out of the Ghetto.

12. Every data base will include unique information about Jews who lived in Latvia or had connection with this country. These data bases will be useful not only for persons who are searching information about one’s relatives and friends, but will help to make some new or correct previous historical-demographic conclusions. For Association “Shamir” it is very important to save memory of each and every person. The main goal of all these projects

13. Thank you for your attention!