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Situation in occupied Belarusian lands and the end of war in Belarus
Occupation regime and the civilian population
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1915-1917 |
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| Transcript of interrogation of M. and I.
Dzikovitsky, residents of Staiki, Khoiniki, Pinsk district, Minsk province
on the incidents of violence committed by German troops against the civilian
population. 12 November 1915. Manuscript on printed form. (NIAB, f. 295, op. 1, d. 9027, l. 68-68 ob.) |
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| Transcript of interrogation of N. Cherevko, peasant of
Zheleznitsa village, Pinsk district, Minsk province who served in
the Reconnaissance Detachment, 4th Cavalry Corps on the incidents of violence
committed by German troops against the civilian population. 12 November 1915. Manuscript on printed form. (NIAB, f. 295, op. 1, d. 9027, l. 70-70 ob.) |
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| German soldiers and the residents of Molchadi. Baranovichi district, Grodno province. Photocopy. Photo. http://барановичи.net (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War) |
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| Banknotes issued in Vilna for circulation in the Belarusian
territory occupied by German troops in 1916. Print. German. (BGAMLI, f. 3, op. 1, d. 260, l. 57-58) |
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| Petition from Vilna residents to the town authorities for
assistance to the starving people. [1917]. Typescript, autographs of signers. Belarusian in Latin script. (BGAMLI, f. 3, op. 1, d. 134, l. 22-23 ob.) |
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| Atrocities and plunders of the German army in Belarusian
territory (review of the Extraordinary Investigation Commission). 1917. Photocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. Т. III. Minsk, 1953. P. 794-796. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War) |
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| Fragment from the film “The monument”: German
troops parade in one of the occupied towns. Belarusfilm cinema studio, director Yu. Gorulyov. Film record. 2003. Duration 4 secs. (BGAKFFD, № 3625) |
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| German troops in the center of Minsk. February 1918. Photo. (BGAKFFD, 0-16191) |
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| German troops parade in Slobodskaya Square in Minsk. February 1918. Photo. (BGAKFFD, 0-109918) |
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| German weapons in Sobornaya Square in Minsk. February 1918. Photo. (BGAKFFD, 0-85077) |
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| German soldiers in Gubernatorskaya Street in Minsk. 1918. Photo. (BGAKFFD, 0-85078) |
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| German soldiers in Polotsk. 1918. Photocopy. Photo. Illustrirovannaia khronologiia istorii Belarusi. Minsk, 2000. P. 221. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War) |
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| German soldiers and the residents of Gorodki village. Oshmiany district, Vilna province. Spring 1918. Photocopy. Photo from the collection of E. Solomevich. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War) |
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| Report on the negotiation with Stadthauptmann Herschel on the
creation of the militia in Minsk (submitted to the Minsk
City Council by the council member N.
Zalmanov, chief of civil division K. Yanushkevich, militia chief B.
Toikander). 1918. Typescript. (NIAB, f. 24, op. 1, d. 3656, l. 18-18 ob.) |
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| Statement of the opening of the administration’s archives by German troops and the necessity to take
measures against the plundering of the archive’s documents (from
Archivist of Minsk Province Administration A. Prokhorov to the Mayor
of Minsk). 19 February 1918. Manuscript. (NIAB, f. 24, op. 1, d. 3677, l. 32) |
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| Instructions of the General Command of the 3rd German Corps
to the Minsk City Council for printing all orders and notices in the German,
Russian, Belarusian, Polish and Hebrew languages. March 1918. Typescript. (NIAB, f. 24, op. 1, d. 3678, l. 53) |
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| Application for permission to enter the Minsk male gymnasium, occupied by the German
Commandant of Minsk, to inspect the school
property and take measures for its protection (from Chief of Minsk
City Self-Government, Investigator Lebedev and Property Chief of
Minsk Male Gymnasium Dydyrko to the German Commandant of Minsk). [March 1918]. Copy. Typescript. (NIAB, f. 24, op. 1, d. 3677, l. 143) |
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| Instructions of the 3rd German Army on the opening of
Minsk District Court. 13 March 1918. Manuscript in Russian, typescript in German. (NIAB, f. 183, op. 1, d. 504, l. 5-6) |
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| Order of the Commandant of Gomel Schultz to the town
self-government for the daily printing of
military reports from the German headquarters on the first pages of all Gomel newspapers. 17 March 1918. Manuscript. (NIAB, f. 2100, op. 1, d. 178б, l. 15) |
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| Appeal of the Minsk Province Zemstvo Board to the Commander of the German Occupation Corps on the necessity to organise
a temporary mail communication in the occupied territory. 26 March 1918. Typescript. (NIAB, f. 325, op. 1, d. 1100, l. 22-23) |
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| Report on the violation by German occupation authorities of
the civil rights to freedom of assembly, unions and press set by the
Provisional Government (from representatives of Minsk City Public Government
and Minsk City Zemstvo Board to the Minsk City Council). 23 March 1918. Copy. Typescript. (NIAB, f. 24, op. 1, d. 3678, l. 43-44) |
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| Telegram of the Minsk City Council to the Reichschancellor, Chairman of Reichstag and
Representative of the Russian Republic in Berlin requesting for urgent
interference to stop arrests and deportation of
citizens. 12 April 1918. Typescript. (NIAB, f. 24, op. 1, d. 3678, l. 100) |
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| Report of A. Levitas, member of the Minsk City Council, on the
arrest of town residents by German troops and impossibility to release
the arrested. 14 April 1918. Typescript. (NIAB, f. 24, op. 1, d. 3678, l. 112-116) |
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| Order of the commandant of Staroe Selo village, Minsk
district on the removal of guns from residents, prohibition of revolutionary
propaganda, demand to salute German officers by taking off hats, ban on the
sale of alcohol, removal of manure from courtyards, building of water
closets in each homestead and maintenance of clean streets. 10 April 1918. Typescript. (NIAB, f. 24, op. 1, d. 3678, l. 87) |
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| Order of the commandant of Staroe Selo village, Minsk
district, Minsk province on the establishment of new rules for the local
population. 15 April 1918. Typescript. (NIAB, f. 24, op. 1, d. 3678, l. 131) |
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| Instruction of the Commander of the 10th German Army, General of Infantry E. von Falkenhayn
on the punishment of crimes committed in
occupied areas. 6 May 1918. Typescript. (NIAB, f. 183, op. 1, d. 507, l. 16) |
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| Instruction of the Commander General of the German Landwehr
Corps on the organisation of the military administration in Minsk province. 8 May 1918. Typescript. (NIAB, f. 325, op. 1, d. 1095, l. 190-191) |
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| Instruction of the Commander of the 10th German Army, General of
Infantry E. von Falkenhayn on the closure of the Minsk City Council. 31 May 1918. Copy. Typescript. (NIAB, f. 1, op. 1, d. 7059, l. 30-31) |
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| Instruction of the Commander of the 10th German Army, General
of Infantry E. von Falkenhayn on the reestablishment of local legal
proceedings. 26 June 1918. Print. Russian, German. (NIAB, f. 183, op. 1, d. 507, l. 20-21) |
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| Instruction of the Commander of the 10th German Army, General of Infantry E. von Falkenhayn
on money circulation in the occupied territory. 1 July 1918. Print. Russian, German, Polish. (NIAB, f. 1, op. 1, d. 7100, l. 35-36) |
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| Announcement of the Commander of the German Occupation Army
on the procedures of the regional administration. 5 July 1918. Print. Russian, German. (NIAB, f. 325, op. 1, d. 1099, l. 12) |
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| Letter of the Minsk Province Zemstvo Statistics Division to the
Staff of the 10th German Army on the
necessity to conduct analysis of social and economic data for the
regional administration. 9 August 1918. Typescript. (NIAB, f. 325, op. 1, d. 1142, l. 107-108) |
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| Instruction of the Commander of the 10th German Army, General of Infantry E. von Falkenhayn
on the payment of taxes and duties in the occupied territory. 1918. Print. (NIAB, f. 333, op. 4, d. 16952, l. 21) |
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| Death record from the Resurrection Church at
Borisov for peasants of Senno district, Mogilev province shot by orders
of German occupation authorities (records № 57-66). 25 August 1918. Manuscript. (NIAB, f. 136, op. 34, d. 50, l. 300 ob.-301, № 57-60) |
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| Death record from the Church of the Nativity of
the Virgin at Borsuki, Mogilev district, Mogilev province for V. Nikolaev,
resident of Byshliakov village, Polykovichi district killed by German
troops (record № 14). 4 September 1918. Manuscript. (NIAB, f. 2301, op. 12, d. 108, l. 279 ob.-280, № 14) |
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| Application by householder M. Ivitsky to the Gomel Town
Council to vacate his house from German troops since the house
was brought to complete ruin. October 1918. Typescript. (NIAB, f. 2100, op. 1, d. 168, l. 38) |
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| Proclamation of the Minsk City Council on
the occasion of the withdrawal of German troops from the city. 29 November 1918. Print. (NIAB, f. 24, op. 1, d. 3656, l. 2) |
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| Review by L. Bende “German atrocities in the war 1914-1918”
for the collection of documents “The extraordinary commission for
investigation of violations of the laws of war by the Austro-Hungarian and
German troops”. [1944-1945]. Typescript. (BGAMLI, f. 66, op. 1, d. 290, l. 1-6) |
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| Fragment from the film “The Lenin readings”: repressions
by German occupation authorities against local people and removal of
cattle and food to Germany during the First World War. Belteleradiocompany, 2005. Film record. Duration 33 secs. (BGAKFFD, № 3541) |
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