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Selected records from the State Archives of the Orel Region, Russian Federation

Document | Digitized | Accession Number: 2011.1 | RG Number: RG-22.029

Overview

Description: Contains records of the Extraordinary State Commission to Investigate Nazi crimes within Orel region. Includes records relating the crimes committed by the Germans and their allies during WWII occupation of the Orel region.
Date: inclusive: 1941-1945
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.
Collection Creator: Soviet Union. Chrezvychai?nai?a? gosudarstvennai?a? komissii?a? po ustanovlenii?u? i rassledovanii?u? zlodei?a?nii? nemet?s?ko-fashistskikh zakhvatchikov i ikh soobshchnikov. Orlovskai?a? oblast?.

Physical Details

Language: Russian
Extent: 19,040 digital images : JPEG ; 11.9 GB.
3 DVDs ; 4 3/4 in..

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: Fair use only.
Copyright Holder: Gosudarstvennyĭ arkhiv Orlovskoĭ oblasti

Keywords & Subjects

Topical Term: Jews--Russia (Federation)--Orel (Orlovskai︠a︡ oblastʹ) Law--Russia (Federation)--Societies, etc.--History. Political persecution--Russia (Federation)--Orlovskai︠a︡ oblastʹ. War crimes--Russia (Federation)--Orlovskai︠a︡ oblastʹ. War criminals--Russia (Federation)--Orlovskai︠a︡ oblastʹ. World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities.
Geographic Name: Orlovskai︠a︡ oblastʹ (Russia)--History. Orel (Orlovskai︠a︡ oblastʹ, Russia)--Ethnic relations. Soviet Union--History--German occupation, 1941-1944--Sources.
Corporate Name: Soviet Union. Extraordinary State Commission to Investigate German-Fascist Crimes Committed on Soviet Territory

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: Gosudarstvennyĭ arkhiv Orlovskoĭ oblasti
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Source of acquisition is the Gosudarstvennyĭ arkhiv Orlovskoĭ oblasti (State Archive of Orel Oblast). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Project in 2011.
Special Collection: Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive

Record last modified:: 2023-08-25 13:11:16
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