Trophy (German and other) records from the collection of the Soviet State Extraordinary Commission to Investigate Crimes Committed by Nazis and their Allies on the territory of the USSR during WWII (Fond 7021, Opis 148)

Gosudarstvennyĭ arkhiv Rossiĭskoĭ Federat︠s︡ii

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 State Archives of the Russian Federation (Gosudarstvennyĭ arkhiv Rossiĭskoĭ Federat︠s︡ii), Fond 7021, opis 148. The “trophy” records were captured by the Soviet Red Army through military operations and ultimately placed in the custody of the of the Soviet State Extraordinary Commission to Investigate Crimes Committed by the Nazis and the Allies on the Territory of the Soviet Union during WWII. These records were used for by the Soviet intelligence services as well as investigative authorities to collect evidence of crimes and destruction committed by the Nazis and their allies on the territory of USSR and Eastern Europe during the war. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's International Archives acquired the filmed collection from the State Archives of the Russian Federation in 2006. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the microfilms in July 2006.