Overview
- Description
- Records of the special office established by the Soviet and Polish Governments for the resettlement of ethnic Poles from the territory of Ukraine after WWII. It includes registry of documents submitted by the Polish citizens who were evacuated from Ukraine, lists of evacuees compiled by the district and region, orders and directives of the Soviet Government agencies related to the evacuation of Polish citizens, correspondence between the Office of the Chief Representative and various Soviet Government agencies concerning the evacuation of Polish citizens.
- Date
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inclusive:
1944-1946
Physical Details
- Language
- Russian
- Genre/Form
- Registers.
- Extent
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532,611 digital images : JPEG ; 53.2 GB .
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 Musem. Fair use only. No use for commercial purposes.
- Copyright Holder
- Derz︠h︡avnyĭ arkhiv Chernivet︠s︡ʹkoï oblasti
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- World War, 1939-1945--Refugees. Population transfers--Polish people--History--20th century--Sources. World War, 1939-1945--Forced repatriation--Sources. Polish people--Ukraine--History--20th century--Sources. Forced migration--Europe, Eastern. Europe, Eastern--Ethnic relations--Political aspects. Europe, Eastern--Politics and government--1945-1989.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Derz︠h︡avnyĭ arkhiv Chernivet︠s︡ʹkoï oblasti
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Source of acquisition is the Derz︠h︡avnyĭ arkhiv Chernivet︠s︡ʹkoï oblasti (Chernivtsi Oblast State Archive). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the first part of the collection via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Project in 2017.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-09-21 11:51:09
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn551459
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