The Nazi occupation of Belarus

The Nazi regime and the conditions of life in occupied Belarus

German patrol on the Western Bridge in Minsk.
[1941-1944].
(BGAKFFD, 0-72019)
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From the report on events in the Soviet Union No 36 by the chief of the Security Police and the SD concerning the situation in the occupied area of Belarus.
28 July 1941.
Translation from the German.
(NARB, f. 1440, op. 3, d. 943, l. 102-103, 105-106)
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Instruction of the General Commissar of Belarus, W. Kube, concerning the publication of an official government newsletter of the General Commissar of Belarus.
German, Belarusian.
18 September 1941.
(NARB, f. 370, op. 5, d. 1, l. 1)
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Instruction of the General Commissar of Belarus, W. Kube, prohibiting the civilian population under threat of being shot from appearing in the town streets at the forbidden time.
20 October 1941.
German, Belarusian.
(NARB, f. 370, op. 5, d. 1, l. 12ob.)
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Propaganda address to the population of Belarus from the chief of the Belarusian National Self-Assistance, who collaborated with the occupation authorities, on the creation of the local organisations.
20 October 1941.
German, Belarusian.
(NARB, f. 370, op. 5, d. 1, l. 12ob.)
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Instruction from the Burgomaster of Zhitkovichi district prohibiting the civilian population from walking at night and in the evening and communicating with the soldiers.
22 July 1942.
(State Archives of Gomel Region, f. 1846, op. 1, d. 3, l. 201)
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Order by the Burgomaster of Zhitkovichi district on the confiscation of textbooks, fiction and political literature.
19 August 1942.
(State Archives of Gomel Region, f. 1846, op. 1, d. 3, l. 201)
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Official letter from the Reichscommissar of Ukraine concerning the introduction of labour service in the Occupied Eastern Territories.
1 November 1942.
(State Archives of Gomel Region, f. 1846, op. 1, d. 8, l. 299-300)
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In houses with this sign lived the local people in the German-occupied districts of Belarus.
[1941-1944].
(BGAKFFD, 0-103478)

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Many residents of Minsk lived in “houses” like this during the occupation.
[1941-1944].
(BGAKFFD, 0-29549)

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Women and children plough land.
Belarus. 1942.
(BGAKFFD, 0-95179)

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Instruction from the Burgomaster of Zhitkovichi district directing the head of Rudnia village to sent 20 people for work and informing him the village would be burned in case of their absenteeism.
13 February 1943.
(State Archives of Gomel Region, f. 1846, op. 1, d. 18, l.64)
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From the note written by the intelligence chief at the Belarusian Partisan Movement Staff, Colonel N.A. Skrynnik concerning the occupation regime in Belarus.
February 1943 or later.
(NARB, f. 1450, op. 3, d. 39, l. 29)
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German soldiers check the identity papers of Borisov residents.
Minsk region. April 1944.
(BGAKFFD, 0-97011)
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Local residents from a village burned by the occupiers in a forest camp.
Belarus. May 1944.
(BGAKFFD, 0-97179)
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