M.41.GAVt - Documentation of the State Archives of the Vitebsk Region The State Archives of the Vitebsk Region was established in 1919. In 1927, documents pertaining to the region were transferred there from the State Archive of Belorussia. In 1947, the documentation from the period prior to the Revolution, which had been in the Regional Archive of Vitebsk, was transferred to the State Historical Archive in Mogilev. In 1992, the documentation in the Regional Archive of the Communist Party in Belorussia was transferred to the State Archives of the Vitebsk Region. In the Collection there is Soviet documentation from the period prior to the German occupation of the area, as well as State Extraordinary Commission for Investigation of Nazi War Crimes in the Soviet Union (ChGK) documentation from 1939-1941. Additionally, there is documentation of the municipal administration of Vitebsk regarding the confiscation of Jewish property, 1941-1942, documentation of the district administration and the local administrations of the Vitebsk region, correspondence, orders issued by the Gebietskommissar (district commissioner) and lists of Jews. Bibliography: 1. Encyclopedia of the Ghettos; 2. Yad Vashem Studies, Volume 38 [1].