Selected records from the State Archives of the Modern History of the Smolensk region, Russian Federation, related to the Nazi occupation, partisan and underground activities, and Jewish life before WWII

Identifier
irn524462
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2007.457
  • RG-22.015M
Dates
1 Jan 1920 - 31 Dec 1960
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Russian
  • Yiddish
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn524462

Extent and Medium

38,940 digital images, JPEG

32 microfilm reels (digitized), 35 mm

Archival History

Gosudartstvenny arkhiv noveyshey istorii Smolenskoy oblasti

Acquisition

Forms part of the Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This archive consists of documentation whose reproduction and/or acquisition was made possible with funding from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Source of acquisition is the State Archives of the Modern History of the Smolensk Region (the former Smolensk Region Communist Party Archives) [Gosudartstvenny arkhiv noveyshey istorii Smolenskoy oblasti]. Excerpts from the following Fonds: 3, 5, 6, 8,50, 142, 1597,1666, 1719, 1721,1724,1737. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's International Archives purchased a filmed collection in 2007. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the microfilms in Dec. 2007.

Scope and Content

Selected records related to the Nazi occupation of the Smolensk region during WWII such as correspondence files of the regional administration regarding evacuation of civilians; statistical information about population; records (orders) of the partisan detachments active on the occupied territory; a list of partisan detachments; personal records of partisans; Nazi propaganda and anti-Nazi Soviet propaganda (posters and flyers); captured German documents (mostly German soldier s letters home); and memoirs of the former partisans and members of the Communist underground written after WWII ( mid 1950-1960s).The small part of this collection also includes pre-war records related to the Jewish community of the region, activities of the Jewish parties, Jewish sections of the regional Communist party (evsektsii), and statistical information about national minorities of the region, including the Jewish population.

System of Arrangement

Arrangement is thematic. Excerpts from the following Fonds: 3, 5, 6, 8, 50, 142, 1597, 666, 1719, 1721, 1724, 1737.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Gosudartstvenny arkhiv noveyshey istorii Smolenskoy oblasti

Subjects

  • Soviet Union--History--German occupation, 1941-1944.
  • Propaganda.
  • Escaped prisoners of war--Soviet Union.
  • Intelligence service--Soviet Union.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Europe.

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.

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