Presentation of scholarly edition Brest 1939-1941 Documents and Materials at the State Archives of Brest Region

On 19 September 2013 the State Archives of Brest Region hosted a presentation of a scholarly edition, Brest in 1939-1941. Documents and Materials prepared by this Archives with participation of the faculty staff of the history department at the A.S. Pushkin State University of Brest.

The book includes 142 documents relating to the history of Brest from September 1939 to June 1941 available from the State Archives of Brest Region which reflect the life of the city in the prewar period, the activities of the administration, party organs, police, the socio-political situation, the first measures of the Soviet power, the state of commerce, industry, municipal services, healthcare, education, culture etc. Almost all documents have been published for the first time. The book is supplied with photographs and illustrations.

The presentation was opened by the archive’s director, A.G. Karapuzova. She informed the participants that the book continues a published collection of documents entitled Brest in 1919-1939 released in 2009, gave a survey of the archive’s holdings and records included in the book, told of the work done on the edition. The presentation was accompanied by a multi-media demonstration of some documents and photographs from the book.