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Records of the Extraordinary State Commission to Investigate Crimes Committed by the Nazis and their Accomplices on the Territory of Volyn Region, Ukraine

Document | Accession Number: 2017.422.1 | RG Number: RG-31.127

Records of the Extraordinary State Commission to Investigate Crimes Committed by the Nazis and their Accomplices on the Territory of the Volyn Region, Ukraine during WWII. Included are records related to the investigation of war crimes ( list of victims, eyewitness testimonies, forensic reports, lists of perpetrators and local collaborators, lists of locals sent for slave labor in Germany etc.) against local population and documentation related to the material and property damage inflicted upon the economy of the region during the Nazi occupation.

Date
inclusive:  1944-1945
Language
Russian
Ukrainian
Genre/Form
Registers.
Reports.
Testimonies.
Extent
216,017 digital images : TIFF.

About This Document

Document Creator
Extraordinary State Commission to Investigate Crimes Committed by the Nazis
Biography
The Extraordinary State Commission for the Investigation of Crimes Committed by the Nazis and their Accomplices on the territory of the Soviet Union was established in November 1942. It was tasked with investigating war crimes and collecting documentation which would establish damage and material losses caused by the Nazi occupation. The Commission conducted its operations from the offices of the Central Commission in Moscow and had its branches in all Soviet Republics and regions.
Reference
Державний архів Волинської області: Путівник.-Луцьк, 2011/Derzhavniy archiv Volynskoy Oblasti: Putivnik- Luck, 2011/State Archive of the Volhyn Oblast: Guide, Luck 2011

volyn.archives.gov.ua/Publicat/arkhiv_Volyn.pdf

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Holder of Originals
Derz︠h︡avnyĭ arkhiv Volynsʹkoï oblasti
Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
Source of acquisition is the State Archives of the Volyn Region (Derz︠h︡avnyĭ arkhiv Volynsʹkoï oblasti). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the first part of this collection via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Project in October 2017, and accretion in Oct. 2018.
This is a joint USHMM-Yad Vashem Project.

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Use
Fair use only.

Copyright Holder
Derz︠h︡avnyĭ arkhiv Volynsʹkoï oblasti
 
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