State Archives of Minsk Region released the next book of published documents on Minsk Region

In November 2013 the State Archives of Minsk Region released the next book of published documents in the series “Minsk Region in Documents and Materials” founded in 2007. The present edition is dedicated to the history of Minsk Region in the tragic period of the German Occupation 1941-1944. The book includes 94 documents from the archive’s holdings, all of which have been published for the first time.

The book illustrates the main activities of the Occupation administration in Minsk Region, the daily life of the civilian population in the unhuman conditions under the Occupation and a large scale of the Partisan movement. The edition is illustrated with the photographs of archival documents, has a geographical index and a preface. This is intended for historians, regional specialists, history students and readers interested in the history of the Great Patriotic War (World War Two).