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Selected records from the State Archives of the Penza Region related to the evacuation of civilians during WWII

Document | Digitized | Accession Number: 2013.9 | RG Number: RG-22.038

Overview

Description: Contains selected records related to the evacuation and resettlement of the Soviet civilians evacuated to the Penza region during WWII. It includes lists of evacuees and their families, statistical data, information about food and medical supplies provided to the evacuated population by the local government authorities etc.
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.
Reference: Пензенская область в годы Великой Отечественной войны. Саратов, 1985.

Пензенская партийная организация в годы Великой Отечественной войны. Сборник документов и материалов. Саратов, 1964.

Physical Details

Language: Russian
Genre/Form: Statistics. Registers.
Extent: 15,245 digital images : JPEG ; 12.6 GB .

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 Penzenskoĭ oblasti

Keywords & Subjects

Topical Term: World War, 1939-1945--Evacuation of civilians--Soviet Union--Registers. Refugees--Russia--Penza--History--Registers. World War, 1939 -1945--Refugees. Refugees, Russian. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Russia--Penzenskai︠a︡ oblastʹ. Executive departments.
Geographic Name: Penzenskai︠a︡ oblastʹ (Russia)--Politics and government. Penza (Russia)--Politics and government. Soviet Union--History--1939-1945--Refugees. Penza (Russia)

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: Gosudarstvennyĭ arkhiv Penzenskoĭ oblasti
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Source of acquisition is the Gosudarstvennyĭ arkhiv Penzenskoĭ oblasti (GAPO) (State Archives of the Penza Region). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Programs Division in Jan. 2013.
Special Collection: Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive

Record last modified:: 2023-06-08 14:40:55
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