Selected records from the State Archives of the Penza Region related to the evacuation of civilians during WWII
Extent and Medium
15,245 digital images, JPEG
Archival History
Gosudarstvennyĭ arkhiv Penzenskoĭ 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 Gosudarstvennyĭ arkhiv Penzenskoĭ oblasti (GAPO) (State Archives of the Penza Region). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Programs Division in Jan. 2013.
Scope and Content
Contains selected records related to the evacuation and resettlement of the Soviet civilians evacuated to the Penza region during WWII. It includes lists of evacuees and their families, statistical data, information about food and medical supplies provided to the evacuated population by the local government authorities etc.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Gosudarstvennyĭ arkhiv Penzenskoĭ oblasti
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Evacuation of civilians--Soviet Union--Registers.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Russia--Penzenskai︠a︡ oblastʹ.
- Refugees--Russia--Penza--History--Registers.
- Soviet Union--History--1939-1945--Refugees.
- World War, 1939 -1945--Refugees.
- Penza (Russia)--Politics and government.
- Penza (Russia)
- Penzenskai︠a︡ oblastʹ (Russia)--Politics and government.
- Executive departments.
- Refugees, Russian.
Genre
- Registers.
- Statistics.
- Document
Copies
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Gosudarstvennyĭ arkhiv Penzenskoĭ oblasti