Reports and investigative materials compiled by the Military Commissions of the Red (Soviet) Army related to the crimes committed by the Nazis and their collaborators on the occupied territories of the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe during WWII
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Archival History
Russia (Federation). Ministerstvo oborony. T︠S︡entralʹnyĭ arkhiv
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 Archives of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation (Ministerstvo oborony. T︠S︡entralʹnyĭ arkhiv). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received the collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs in June 2005.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of the investigative materials, reports and statements compiled by the military commissions of the Red (Soviet) Army established for the investigation of the crimes committed by the Nazis and their collaborators on the occupied territories of the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe during WWII.
System of Arrangement
Documents have been arranged according to the 19 surveys conducted by the staff of the original archives. Each folder is numbered according to the number of survey which has the detailed description of contents. These surveys (in Russian) are at the front of each folder of documents and provide document descriptions. A list of missing documents ( due to the poor quality of the original documents some of the documents are not reproduced) attached separately.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Russia (Federation). Ministerstvo oborony. T︠S︡entralʹnyĭ arkhiv
Subjects
- War crime trials--Soviet Union.
- Soviet Union--History--German occupation, 1941-1944.
- War crimes--Soviet Union.
- Intelligence service--Soviet Union.
- World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Soviet Union.
- War criminals--Soviet Union.
- World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Europe.
- Crimes against humanity--Soviet Union.
Genre
- Document
Copies
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Russia (Federation). Ministerstvo oborony. T︠S︡entralʹnyĭ arkhiv