"Soviet War News"

Identifier
irn503738
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1993.A.0041
  • RG-22.004
Dates
1 Jan 1944 - 31 Dec 1944
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

,

1 microfiche,

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Originals of "Soviet war news" published by the Press Department of the Soviet Embassy in London during World War II. Dr. Sybil Milton, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Historian, acquired photocopies of the issues from the Hoover Institute in California in 1992. She gave the photocopies to the Museum's Archives in Dec. 1992.

Scope and Content

Photocopies of "Soviet War News" from 1944. Contains information about the German invasion of the USSR; the "sacking" of Kiev; mass killings; the Babi Yar massacre; killings in Rovno (a.k.a.Rowne) and Odessa; Soviet prisoners of war; the Majdanek concentration camp; the German invasion of Estonia; and the deportation and killing of citizens of Lʹviv (Lvov).

System of Arrangement

Arrangement is chronological by year and by circular number thereunder

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.