Little-Known Documents on the History of the Great Patriotic War from the Collections of the Zonal State Archives in Zhlobin

As part of the «Little-Known Documents on the History of the Great Patriotic War» section, the Zonal State Archives in Zhlobin presents digital copies of archival documents from the collection of the «Oktyabrsky District Council of Deputies. Oktyabrsky District Executive Committee, Oktyabrsky Urban Settlement, Gomel Region»: Resolution of the Oktyabrsky District Executive Committee dated June 2, 1967, No.137, «On Clarifying Information on Settlements and Population of the Oktyabrsky District Destroyed by Nazi Invaders During the Great Patriotic War».

This document is more than just dry administrative statistics. It is hardened evidence of the scale of the destruction of our people, which, decades later, helps to establish new facts of genocide and conduct searches at the sites of these tragedies.

1. ZGAZhl F.295.Op.2.D.243.L.11.

2. ZGAZhl F.295.Op.2.D.243.L.12.