Selected records from the Central State Archive of St. Petersburg, Russia
Extent and Medium
8,681 digital images, JPEG
Archival History
T︠S︡entralʹnyĭ gosudarstvennyĭ arkhiv Sankt-Peterburga
Acquisition
Source of acquisition is the T︠S︡entralʹnyĭ gosudarstvennyĭ arkhiv Sankt-Peterburga (Central State Archive of St. Petersburg (SPb CSA). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Programs Division in 2013.
Scope and Content
Selected records from several archival collections related to the prewar history of the Jewish community of the Petrograd-Leningrad region and archival records related to the German occupation of this region during World War II. Prewar records contain: Correspondence, minutes of the meetings of the Jewish Committee in Petrograd (EKOPO) and others, statistics and reports of the Commissariat for Jewish National Affairs (Moscow) for January-March 1918, various records of Jewish organizations to assist the Jewish population, 1917-1938: correspondence with Jewish organizations in the US, Germany, Moscow, Kiev, Odessa, distribution of parcels among Jewish schools, children's homes, individuals, medical assistance, resettlement of Jews, OZET Charter (1932), minutes of meetings of the LenOZET (the Leningrad branch of the Society for the Settlement of Working Jews on the Land (OZET), plans and reports on its work, and correspondence with the American Jewish Joint Committee to provide funds for the organization of children's homes. German occupation records contain: Lists of evacuees, correspondence and applications of evacuated citizens, publications of the Orthodox mission in the "liberated" areas of Russia, plans for evacuation from Leningrad, 1941, correspondence to identify and record the crimes and atrocities committed by the German occupiers on the Soviet people, 1941-1945. The collection includes records of the Department of Ethnic Minorities of the Petrograd Executive Committee, records of the Jewish organizations active in Petrograd in 1917-1930s (Jewish Public Committee for the Victims of Pogroms, Regional office of "Joint", OZET, records of the Leningrad City Evacuation Committee, German captured documents, and the Executive Committee of Leningrad.
System of Arrangement
Arranged in two series: 1. Records of the German authorities during occupation (Leningrad region), 1941-1945 (Organized by geographical locations); 2. Records of Jewish organizations to assist Jewish population Leningrad region, 1917-1938.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: T︠S︡entralʹnyĭ gosudarstvennyĭ arkhiv Sankt-Peterburga
Corporate Bodies
- American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
Subjects
- Leningradskai︠a︡ oblastʹ (Russia)--History--Sources.
- Chemnitz (Germany)
- Jews--Soviet Union--History--20th century.
- Pushkinskiĭ raĭon (Russia)
- Prigorodnyĭ raĭon (Ingushetia, Russia)
- Russia (Federation)--History.
- Russia--Politics and government--20th century.
- Pavlovsk (Leningradskai︠a︡ oblastʹ, Russia)
- Tosno (Russia)
- Soviet Union--History--German occupation, 1941-1944.
- Slant︠s︡y (Leningradskai︠a︡ oblastʹ, Russia)
- Soldiers--German--Soviet Union--Saint Petersburg--1940-1950.
- World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities.
- War crimes--History--20th century.
- Jews--Russia--History--19th century.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Soviet Union--Registers.
- Saint Petersburg (Russia)--History.
- Shlisselʹburg (Russia)
- Jewish councils--Russia--Leningradskai︠a︡ oblastʹ--History--20th century.
- Vyrit︠s︡a (Russia)
- Krasnoe selo (Saint Petersburg, Russia)
Genre
- Document
- Registers.
- Questionnaires.
- Letters.
- Correspondence.
- Notebooks.
- Passports.
- Certificates.