Fonds of the military and police bodies
7a Sondersquad, “B” Einsatzgroup – NARB, fond 954,
5 items, 1943 – 1944:
Sheets of money allowances to the sondersquad’s personnel and the auxiliary police
unit.
Gendarmerie
Grodno Uezd Gendarmerie – the State Archives of Grodno
Region, fond 12, 15 items, 1941 – 1944:
Instructions of the OD police chief of the Bialystok district. Reports of the commander of
the reserve police battalion #91 on defense and combat actions. Reports from the
gendarmerie posts. Lists of gendarmes and police officers.
Field Gendarmerie in the Local Commandant’s Office in Orsha –
the State Archives of Vitebsk Region, fond 2107, 2 items, 1943 – 1944:
Warrants to arrest and discharge.
Gendarmerie Post in Khoiniki – NARB, fond 658, 3 items, 1942
– 1943:
Instructions of the post’s chief on gendarmes’ rewards, assignments, and furloughs.
Dispatches on combat operations against Partisans. Correspondence with the army units
about forwarding volunteers for service in gendarmerie. Lists of volunteers from the local
populace.
Battalion 3 in the Field Gendarmerie 516 – the State Archives
of Gomel Region, fond 1811, 20 items, 1943 – 1944:
Orders and instructions from the battalion headquarters. Information about combat actions,
arms and ammunition. Registration forms, lists of police officers and their families.
Sheets on nutrition norms for personnel.
Security Police and Security Service (SD)
The Chief of the SD and Security Police in Bialystok Okrug
– the State Archives of Grodno Region, fond 1084, 1 item, 1943:
Dispatches of the police chief about the situation in the district and the police
activities.
Novogrudok Division of the SD and Security Police –
the State Archives of Grodno Region, fond 503, 2 items, 1943 – 1944:
Instructions of the General Commissar of Belarus concerning medical care. Reports on the
use of motor vehicles. Passes to persons who visited SD.
SD of Krupki District, Borisov Okrug – the State
Archives of Minsk Region, fond 634, 12 items, 1941 – 1944:
Protocols on interrogation of the arrested people. Reports and dispatches about secret
testing of the people under suspicion. Investigation files on persons accused in
connection with partisans, membership in the Communist Party of Belarus, acts of sabotage.
Lists of village starostas. Applications of police officials for pecuniary aid.
Headquarters of the SD and Defense Police Expedition Group in
the General Okrug “Latvia” for the fight against partisans in the Osveya,
Drissa, Rossony and other districts – the State Archives of Vitebsk Region,
fond 2831, 1 item, 1943:
Instructions of the headquarters’ chief on the fight against partisans in the Osveia and
Drissa districts of the Vitebsk region.
Belarusian Squad in the Vileika SD – the State
Archives of Minsk Region, fond 4234, 2 items, 1943 – 1944:
Lists of the squad’s personnel. Registration sheets of police officers’ activities.
Ordnungsdienst
Okrug Offices (Commandant’s Offices) of the Ordnungsdienst Police:
Baranovichi – NARB, fond 389, 7 items, 1941 – 1944; Baranovichi – the State Archives of
Brest Region, fond 995, 3 items, 1941 – 1944; Bobruisk – the State Archives of Mogilev
Region, fond 840, 17 items, 1941 – 1944; Vileika – the State Archives of Minsk Region,
fond 4238, 1 item, 1942 – 1944; Glubokoe – the State Archives of Vitebsk Region, fond
2838, 2 items, 1942 – 1944; Lida – the State Archives of Grodno Region, fond 69, 3 items,
1944:
Orders and instructions of commandants on rewarding, export of labour force to Germany,
administrative and economic issues. Dispatches of gendarmerie posts about fight against
partisans, extermination of Jews. Correspondence with the higher SS and police leaders in
the General okrug “Belarus”, with gendarmerie posts, defensive posts about
activities of order service, guard duty, and garrison service, about order of putting
under arrest. Lists, personal cards and certificates of police officers. Wage sheets.
Town Police Office (Ordnungsdienst): Baranovichi – the State
Archives of Brest Region, fond 704, 11 items, 1941 – 1943; Bobruisk – the State Archives
of Mogilev Region, fond 844, 3 items, 1943; Gomel – the State Archives of Gomel Region,
fond 1349, 2 items, 1941 – 1943; Minsk – the State Archives of Minsk Region, fond 685, 11
items, 1941 – 1943:
Orders of administration chiefs. Reports on police activities. Regular schedules and lists
of administration employees. Registration forms of police officers. Lists of arrested
citizens. Applications for employment in police service. Passports and working books of
the people sent to work in Germany.
District and Town-District Police Office (Ordnungsdienst): The
State Archives of Vitebsk Region contain information on the Bogushevichi administration –
fond 1851, 1 item; Braslav – fond 2847, 19 items; Vetrino – fond 2830, 4 items; Gorodok –
fond 2084, 8 items; Orsha – fond 2092, 219 items; Senno – fond 2150, 7 items; Tolochin –
fond 2078, 49 items;
The State Archives of Gomel Region contain information on the Dobrush administration –
fond 1319, 37 items; Korma – fond 2765, 2 items; Parichi – fond 1809, 92 items; Chechersk
– fond 1689, 1 item;
The State Archives of Grodno Region keep information on the Korelichi administration –
fond 640, 1 item; Novogrudok – fond 656, 8 items; Osipovichi – fond 851, 10 items;
The State Archives of Minsk Region keep information on the Begoml administration – fond
1061, 1 item; Borisov – fond 635, 246 items; Glusk – fond 1825, 2 items; Kletsk – fond
1545, 6 items; Krupsk – fond 1820, 1 item; Liuban – fond 1621, 34 items; Marina-Gorka –
fond 1824, 2 items; Minsk – fond 2040, 1 item; Nesvizh – fond 1821, 1 item; Pleshchenitsy
– fond 683, 1 item; Pukhovichi – fond 636, 4 items; Radoshkovichi – fond 4231, 3 items;
Rudensk – fond 640, 3 items; Smolevichi – fond 730, 3 items; Stolbtsy – fond 1695, 3
items; Kholopenichi – fond 637, 6 items; Cherven – fond 682, 4 items; 1941 -1944:
Orders, instructions, directions of the higher SS and police administration in the General
okrug “Belarus”, local commandant’s offices, gendarmerie. Protocols on
interrogation of the citizens under arrest and eyewitnesses. Reports about the persons
being connected with partisans. Plans on liquidation of partisan movement. Reports about
police activities. Information on the numerical strength of the detachments fighting
against partisans, on the quantity of ammunition in the depot. Correspondence about
keeping of prisoners, searching of those under suspicion, about export of labour force to
Germany. Lists of prisoners. Lists, personal files, applications, registration books,
labour registration sheets of the police officers. Documents on property removal from the
arrested citizens.
Defence Police
Defence Police in the Minsk Okrug Police Office – NARB,
fond 394, 24 items, 1941 – 1944:
Orders and instructions of the defence police chief. Combatant reports of the police
posts. Applications for employment in the police service. Lists of the police officers of
the Minsk order service. Information about the state of patients of the investigation
prison. Uniform sheets.
Defence Police Detachment under the Minsk Defence Police Chief – the
State Archives of Minsk Region, fond 1333, 1 item, 1944:
Information about arrests and interrogation of local inhabitants.
Abbreviations:
NARB – National Archives of the Republic of Belarus