Kharkiv Oblast Archive records
Extent and Medium
21 microfilm reels, 16 mm
Archival History
Derz︠h︡avnyĭ arkhiv Kharkivsʹkoï oblasti
Acquisition
Source of acquisition is the Derz︠h︡avnyĭ arkhiv Kharkivsʹkoï oblasti (State Archives of Kharkiv Oblast), Ukraine. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received this collection via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Project in 1996.
Scope and Content
This collection contains the records of the Kharkiv city administration agencies and German control agencies including the military Kommandantura. Subjects include the staffing of city administrative positions with ideologically appropriate people, the confiscation of (mainly Jewish) property by German military and other agencies, the creation of special police units, name lists of city district mayors and administrative personnel, orders from various German commands, and the German mobilization of labor and agriculture to support troops and the civilian population. The bulk of this material relates to the registration of city and region citizens, and includes statistics of the December 1941 census – name lists by district, streets, and buildings.
System of Arrangement
Arrangement is thematic.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Derz︠h︡avnyĭ arkhiv Kharkivsʹkoï oblasti
Subjects
- Kharkiv (Ukraine)--Census.
- World War, 1939-1945--Confiscations and contributions--Ukraine.
- Ukraine--History--German occupation, 1941-1944.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Ukraine.
- Kharkivsʹka oblastʹ (Ukraine)
Genre
- Document
Copies
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Derz︠h︡avnyĭ arkhiv Kharkivsʹkoï oblasti