Overview
- Description
- Contains orders, lists, reports, correspondence, and various other records relating to activities of the Haupteisenbahndirektion (HBD) Mitte; activities of the Reichsverkehrsdirektion(RVD) Mitte; railroad construction in occupied areas; railroad personnel; activities of partisans; combating partisans; use of labor in the railroad system; persecution of Jews and Roma; killing of Jews; transports to Minsk, Belarus; activities of the Organization Todt; activities of Einsatzgruppen; and activities of German police while fighting partisans. Also included are materials relating to investigations of atrocities conducted from 1945 to 1949 by authorities in various Belarussian oblasts and districts.
- Date
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1941-1949
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection. The acquisition of this collection was made possible by a donation in honor of Sara Ross Rosjanski.
- Collection Creator
- Haupteisenbahndirektion Mitte
Physical Details
- Extent
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23 microfilm reels ; 16 mm.
- System of Arrangement
- Arrangement is thematic
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- This material can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing station. There are no additional access restrictions to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- The Museum is in the process of determining the possible use restrictions that may apply to material(s) in this collection.
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Belarus. Railroads--Russia. Railroads--Belarus. World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Belarus. War crimes--Belarus. Guerrillas--Belarus. Sabotage--Belarus. World War, 1939-1945--Conscript labor--Belarus. Romani Genocide, 1939-1945--Belarus. Police--Belarus. World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Belarus. Executive departments
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Nat︠s︡ionalʹnyĭ arkhiv Respubliki Belarus΄
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The documents were created by the Haupteisenbahndirektion (HBD) Mitte, the Reichsverkehrsdirektion (RVD) Mitte, and other German occupation agencies in Belarus from ca. 1941 to ca. 1944. The records were captured by the Red Army and placed in the Belarus Central State Archive (formerly the Archive of the October Revolution) in Minsk after World War II. Records relating to the investigation of atrocities in various Belarus oblasts and districts were created from ca. 1945 to ca. 1949. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the microfilm of the records in 1990. Acquisition made possible by a gift in honor of Sara Ross Rosjanski.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-08-25 16:31:26
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