Little-known documents on the history of the Great Patriotic War from the funds of the Zonal State Archive in Zhlobin

The institution «Zonal State Archive in Zhlobin» within the rubric «Little-known documents on the history of the Great Patriotic War» presents digital copies of archival documents of the fund «Collection of digital copies on the rights of originals of documents of the Extraordinary State Commission for the Establishment and Investigation of the Atrocities of the Nazi Invaders and Their Accomplices and the Damage Caused by Them»: a letter from Germany to Valya Baydakova, driven into German slavery, dated February 1943.

This letter is a touching testimony of human fortitude and pain. In each line one can feel the weight of the loss of freedom, hopelessness and a sincere desire to return to a life that was destroyed by cruelty and injustice. These words are not just a personal message, but an important historical document that reveals the horrors and suffering of those who were captured, reminding us of the price of human dignity and the need to remember the past.

1.ZGAZhl F.1105.Op.1.D.5.L.9a.

2.ZGAZhl F.1105.Op.1.D.5.L.9b.