Documentation of the administration of the Balki district, 1942-1943 Included in the collection are secret orders by the governor of Transnistria and the command of Guard Division no. 1 regarding the establishment of a ghetto in the district area; persecution of Communists; order given by the governor of Transnistria regarding the deportation of the Jewish residents to ghettos; correspondence by the district prefecture with the Jewish colony in Balki regarding the segregation of the ghetto, use of Jewish laborers for loading and unloading vans, and complaints by the Jews against the colony's manager; bills regarding payment to Jews who arrived from the Jewish committee in Chernivtsi; diary, including secret correspondence; documentation regarding the establishment of an auxiliary committee for the local population; declarations by clerks, and lists prepared for the receipt of food products.