Overview
- Description
- Contains instructions from the Generalkommissar in Belarus (White Russia); photos of Reich Finance Minister Lutz von Schwerin-Krosigk in Riga; correspondence about the Jewish Question and gassing equipment; a list of books; the funeral speech for the Generalkommissar of White Russia, Wilhelm Kube; reports on the mood of the population in White Russia; statistics on Germans in White Russia; documents of Einsatzstab Rosenberg dealing with Minsk, Orel, Brjansk, Gorki, and Białystok; material relating to resistance in White Russia and the Baltic states; and information about propaganda.
- Date
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inclusive:
1941-1944
- Reference
- Gerhard L. Weinberg, et al., Guide to Captured German Documents (1952);
Gerhard L. Weinberg, Supplement to the Guide to Captured German Documents, National Archives and Records Service, Washington: 1959, pp. 52-54 and pp. 60-62 (copy on file in archives institution file for YIVO).
Physical Details
- Extent
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4 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- This material can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations. No other access restrictions apply to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- For scholarly use only, no reproduction without permission. Files shall not be copied or shared in any way with another individual or institution. Information on these files of a personal or confidential nature shall not be shared with third parties, neither through hard copy printouts nor by making copied files. For permission to reproduce documents write to the Chief Archivist, YIVO Archives at: reference@yivo.org.
- Copyright Holder
- Yivo Institute for Jewish Research
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- World War, 1939-1945--Jewish resistance--Lithuania. World War, 1939-1945--Jewish resistance--Belarus. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Russia. Nazis
- Geographic Name
- Belarus--History--German occupation, 1941-1944. Russia (Federation)--History--German occupation, 1941-1944. Minsk (Belarus) Orel (Orlovskai︠a︡ oblastʹ, Russia) Bri︠a︡nsk (Russia) Horki (Mahili︠o︡ŭskai︠a︡ voblastsʹ, Belarus) Białystok (Poland)
- Personal Name
- Schwerin von Krosigk, Lutz, Graf, 1887-1977.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Yivo Institute for Jewish Research
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The documents included on the microfilms were selected from the Itzkhak Giterman collection, the archives of YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. The microfilms were cataloged in The Guide to Captured German Documents by Gerhard Weinberg under the direction of the Committee for the Study of War Documents of the American Historical Association in 1952. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum acquired copies of the film from YIVO in 1990.
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- 2023-08-25 12:29:55
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