The Nazi occupation of Belarus

Repressive actions of the Nazis in the localities of Belarus

Execution of Soviet citizens by the Nazis.
Belarus. [1941-1944].
(BGAKFFD, 0-130555)
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The Jewish population of Grodno assembled before moving into the ghetto.
1941.
(BGAKFFD, 0-68181)
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The Jews being resettled into the ghetto. 
Minsk. 1941.
(BGAKFFD, 0-133650)
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The Jewish population of Mogilev forced to clear the town’s rubble.  
July 1941.
(BGAKFFD, 0-133028)
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Belarusian citizens before their deportation to Germany for forced labour.
[1941-1944].
(BGAKFFD, 0-99459)
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Instruction by the chief of the Pinsk Western District concerning the deportation of Pinsk residents to Germany for forced labour.
25 April 1942.
(State Archives of Brest Region, f. 2736, op. 1, d. 55)
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Report from the Gebietscommissar of Glubokoe to the General Commissar of Belarus concerning the delivery of gold confiscated from the Jewish population and its further transfer to the German credit bank in Riga.
2 July 1942.
Translation from the German.
(NARB, f. 1440, op. 3, d. 953, l. 128)
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Report from the Gebietscommissar of Glubokoe to the General Commissar of Belarus concerning the accounting and handling of Jewish property. 
10 July 1942.
Translation from the German.
(NARB, f. 1440, op. 3, d. 953, l. 136-137)
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Orders and maps for the punitive operation "Sumpffieber" (Swamp Fever) conducted by the German forces in Belarus.
German.
August-September 1942.
(NARB, f. 685, op. 1, d.1, l. 106-116)
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Report from the head of the David-Gorodok district to the head of Mochul village on the execution of local residents from the village of Olpen because of  their connection with the partisans.
5 August 1942.
(State Archives of Gomel Region, f. 2752, op. 1, d. 1, l.112)
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Partisans hanged by the Nazis on the Sovetskaya Street in Bobruisk.
Mogilev region. [1942-1943].
(BGAKFFD, al. 9, № 36 (sov.)
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Report written by residents of Selishche village, Pleshchenitsy district, Minsk region, documenting the burning of the village of Khatyn and its inhabitants by the Nazis.
25 March 1943.
(NARB, f. 1405, op. 1, d. 794, l. 26-27)
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Mogilev residents before their departure for Germany under the guard of the S.S. soldiers.
July 1943.
(BGAKFFD, 0-71503)
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Villagers under the guard of German soldiers build a road through the woods. 
Vitebsk region. 1943.
(BGAKFFD, 0-97045)
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From the report by the intelligence chief at the Belarusian Partisan Movement Staff, Colonel N.A. Skrynin giving details about Nazi atrocities in Belarus.
February 1943 or later.
(NARB, f. 1450, op. 3, d. 39, l. 29, 29ob., 30, 30ob.)
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Formal letter from the senior priest at the Malaia Plotnitsa parish, Aleksandr Romanushko, to the senior official at the Moscow Patriarchal See, Sergy, informing him of the Nazi atrocities in the occupied area of Belarus.
Logishin district, Pinsk region. 1943.
Copy.
(NARB, f. 1407, op. 1, d. 13, l. 14)
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Local residents detained by the German soldiers on suspicion of their connection with the partisans.
Belarus. February 1944.
(BGAKFFD, 0-97196)
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Local residents of Glubokoe forced by the Germans to build a road.
Molodechno region. 1944.
(BGAKFFD, 0-71302)
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Villagers captured by the Nazis during the raid.
Vitebsk region. May 1944.
(BGAKFFD, 0-97160)
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Dead bodies of the Soviet citizens killed by the Nazis near Slonim.
Baranovichi region. [1944].
(BGAKFFD, al. 9, № 64 (sov.)
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List of residents from the Lyschitsy selsovet, Brest district, shot, hanged or tortured by the Nazis during the occupation.
Brest region. 15 February 1945.
(State Archives of Brest Region, f. 514, op. 1, d. 41, l. 58)
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E.V. Chur’s application to the Vileika Town Commission for Investigation of Nazi Crimes concerning her mother’s arrest by the Nazi police and deportation to Germany because of her brother’s connection with the partisans.
6 March 1945.
(Zonal State Archives in Molodechno, f. 237, op. 1, d. 8, l.100)
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From the transcript of interrogation of Ulrich Spengler about crimes committed by the 727th Defence Regiment against the Jews, persons connected with the partisans, and others.
6 June 1946.
(NARB, f. 1363, op. 1, d. 376, l. 82-85ob.)
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