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Presenter: Virginij Cijunskiene, Lithuanian State Historical Archives

The presentation deals with the Jewish history sources preserved in Lithuanian state archives. Documents of Lithuania National Documentary Fond is preserved in 15 Lithuania state archives. The system of state archives covers all historical periods and all state, self-government institutions, religion communities, civil register offices, private persons and families' documents from XV c. till current time. That is more than 500 years. The main sources for Jews history in Lithuania state archives can be divided in to these main groups: documents of state institutions; documents of religion institutions; documents of Jewish public organizations; documents of Nazi occupation period 1941-1944 year.