Fonds of the Belarusian People’s Self-Assistance (Belorusskaya narodnaya samopomoshch BNS)
Central administration of the BNS (Tsentral) — NARB, fond 384, 287
items, 1941-1944:
BNS statutes. Orders and instructions of the General Commissariat of Belarus, the BNS
central administration and okrug divisions. Minutes of congresses and sessions. Work
reports of the military formations. Data concerning the number of the population in the
okrugs, the BNS structure, the cultural and educational activities, anti-partisan
operations, transportation of labor force to Germany, trade unions. Papers by the BNS
leaders on the history of Belarus, the BNS activities and perspectives, texts of addresses
to the population. Correspondence concerning the state of healthcare, organisation of
festivities, distribution of foodstuffs, work of children’s homes, assistance to refugees.
Articles from the German and Belarusian newspapers, radio texts. Lists and autobiographies
of BNS members. Lists of children’s homes and pre-school institutions. Data on the killed
policemen and the occupation officials. Applications for search of relatives. Employment
applications. Account documents.
Okrug divisions of the BNS: in Minsk —
NARB, fond 401, 93 items, 1941-1944; in Vileika – NARB, fond
392, 1 item, 1942; State Archives of Minsk Region, fond 4224, 1941-1944:
BNS statutes. Orders and instructions of the BNS central administration and okrug
divisions. Work reports. Certificates of inspection of district divisions. Data on
personnel, autobiographies, questionnaires. Correspondence.
District divisions of the BNS: in Minsk —
NARB, fond 403, 7 items, 1942-1944; in Kletsk and Uzda
– State Archives of Minsk Region, fond 1547, 2 items, fond 1631, 1 item, 1941-1942;
in Ivie and Korelichi – State Archives
of Grodno Region, fond 652, 1 item, fond 654, 2 items, 1942-1944; in Novomyshy
– State Archives of Brest Region, fond 679, 4 items, 1942-1944:
BNS statutes. Minutes of meetings. Lists of members. Applications for membership,
assistance, work in Germany. Financial documents.
Town divisions of the BNS: in Minsk —
NARB, fond 402, 19 items, and in Mogilev – State Archives of
Mogilev Region, fond 274, 44 items, 1942-1944:
BNS statutes. Orders and instructions. Minutes of meetings. Schedules of cultural events.
Work reports. Staff lists. Correspondence with the occupation authorities. Lists of BNS
employees and members. Applications, questionnaires, property inventories. Cash amd
memorial documents.
Abbreviations:
NARB – National Archives of the Republic of Belarus