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Selected records from the Ternopil (Ternopol) State Oblast Archive

Document | Digitized | Accession Number: 1997.A.0194 | RG Number: RG-31.097M

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Overview

Description: Contains records relating to statistical census data and the registration of Jews, the use of Jews in forced labor (including name lists), cases of corruption by Ukrainian officials, the issuance of passports and identification papers to Jews, and the activities of the Judenrat in the Ternopil and in the Skalat ghettos. There are also lists of confiscated Jewish properties, leases for renting Jewish-owned houses, lists of Ukrainian police, files relating to German policemen, and documents collected by the KGB relating to war and other crimes.
Date: inclusive: 1939-1945
Credit Line: 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.

Physical Details

Language: Ukrainian German Russian
Extent: 4 microfilm reels (digitized) ; 35 mm.

Rights & Restrictions

Conditions on Access: There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
Conditions on Use: Mandatory citation of source archives as well as United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Fair use only. No use for commercial purposes.
Copyright Holder: Derz︠h︡avnyĭ arkhiv Ternopilʹsʹkoï oblasti

Keywords & Subjects

Topical Term: World War, 1939-1945--Ukraine--Ternopilʹ--Registers. World War, 1939-1945--Ukraine--Scalat--Registers. World War, 1939-1945--Confiscations and contributions--Ternopilʹsʹka oblastʹ (Ukraine) Jewish property--Government policy--Ternopilʹsʹka oblastʹ (Ukraine) Jewish councils--Ternopilʹsʹka oblastʹ (Ukraine) Forced labor--Ternopilʹsʹka oblastʹ (Ukraine)--History--20th century. War crimes--Ternopilʹsʹka oblastʹ (Ukraine)
Geographic Name: Ukraine--History--German occupation, 1941-1944. Ternopilʹsʹka oblastʹ (Ukraine)--History--20th century. Ternopilʹ (Ukraine) Scalat (Ukraine)

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: Derz︠h︡avnyĭ arkhiv Ternopilʹsʹkoï oblasti
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Source of acquisition is the Derz︠h︡avnyĭ arkhiv Ternopilʹsʹkoï oblasti (Ternopil State Oblast Archive), Ukraine. Records were created by German and Ukrainian agencies during occupation of the region. They were reviewed by Soviet security agencies and later transferred to the Ternopil State Oblast Archive. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archives Project in 1997.
Special Collection: Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive

Record last modified:: 2022-07-28 18:06:05
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