Belarus KGB Central Archives transferred to the National Archives documents for electronic database Belarusian Villages Destroyed in WWII

The Central Archives of the Committee of State Security of the Republic of Belarus transferred to the National Archives of the Republic of Belarus over 70 documents for electronic database Belarusian Villages Destroyed in World War Two. The database has been created as part of the international project Raising of the Status of Surviving Residents of Belarusian Burned Villages and is placed on the website of the National Archives of the Republic of Belarus.

The documents include the reports of the district commissions for assistance to the Extraordinary State Commission for investigation of Nazi crimes and damage caused to citizens, collective farms, government and public institutions in the USSR, certificates of the District Councils of Workers’ Deputies, records of interrogation of witnesses testifying of the crimes conducted by the Nazi occupation troops in WWII in the district of Begoml, Vitebsk Region, the districts of Borisov, Gressk, Logoisk, Uzda and Kholopenichi in Minsk Region, and the districts of Belynichi and Klichev in Mogilev Region, etc.