Partisan Zones in Belarus in World War Two
About the project
The Project “Partisan Zones in Belarus in World War Two” is a special rubric on the Archives of Belarus website, an internet resource of the archives and RM authorities and the state archives network in the Republic of Belarus, dedicated to the 70th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945.
Purposes
The Project aims to give on the Internet a more
complete information about the contribution of Belarusian people to the
struggle against the Nazi aggression and to highlight
with archival sources a distinguishing feature of the Partisan Movement in
Nazi-occupied Belarus in 1941-1944 –
the expulsion of
the invaders from the vast areas and the restoration of Soviet administrations in these districts.
Structure
The project offers an exhibition of archival documents and materials relating
to the partisan-controlled zones in Belarus in World War II.
The exhibition shows over 300 records (their electronic copies) available from the Belarusian State Archives of Films, Photographs and Sound Recordings, the National Archives of the Republic of Belarus, the Belarusian State Archives-Museum of Literature and Art, and the Belarusian Research Center for Electronic Records.
The material is structured in two levels:
– List of records, including their title, date, type, language and location
index. On the right are the links to view a full-size record. The records are
arranged mainly by territorial unit and in chronological order.
– Electronic copies of records.
The exposition consists of 11 thematic sections (38 internal groups) which illustrate different aspects of guerilla warfare and partisan-controlled zones in Belarus, provide information on combat, economic and social activities of partisan fighters and local residents. On display are official documents of the central and local Partisan and Party organisations. A number of records illustrate the participation of individual persons in the events. To highlight some key issues on the topic we have also used published material from the encyclopedic, academic and other editions (in particular, a three-volume book “The all-people’s struggle in Belarus against the Nazi occupiers”).
The bulk of the exposition are photographs and textual records. The majority of the texts are typescripts and about one third are manuscripts (mainly original items, in full and fragments). On display are also 15 maps, 9 audio records and 9 video records (fragments from radio programs and documentary films).
The offered material is not exhaustive and further research is possible on the subject.
Participants
General coordination of the project – Department for Archives and Records
Management of the Justice Ministry of the Republic of Belarus.
Main executor of the project, information contents, web design – Belarusian Research Center for Electronic Records.
Selection of archival sources and making of digital copies – Belarusian State Archives of Films, Photographs and Sound Recordings, National Archives of the Republic of Belarus, Belarusian State Archives-Museum of Literature and Art, Belarusian Research Center for Electronic Records.
Notes
The use of the project materials requires a reference to the source of
information – the Archives of Belarus Website and the individual archive in
which a record is held. For other issues relating to the use of data posted on
the website, please contact the respective archival institution (the contact
information on the website page “Archives and records authorities and the
state archives network”).
For comments and opinions on the project please email: ed@archives.gov.by