{"id":191735,"date":"2014-09-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-09-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/archives.gov.by\/en\/?page_id=191735"},"modified":"2014-09-08T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-09-08T00:00:00","slug":"occupation-regime-and-the-civilian-population","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/en\/welcome-to-the-archives-of-belarus-website\/subject-guides-to-archival-records\/historical-events\/archival-documents-and-materials-2\/the-first-world-war-in-belarus\/situation-in-occupied-belarusian-lands-and-the-end-of-war-in-belarus\/occupation-regime-and-the-civilian-population","title":{"rendered":"Occupation regime and the civilian population"},"content":{"rendered":"

Occupation regime and the civilian population<\/h2>\r\n
\r\n1915-1917
\r\n1918<\/a>
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1915-1917
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Transcript of interrogation of M. and I. \r\n\tDzikovitsky, residents of Staiki, Khoiniki, Pinsk district, Minsk province \r\n\ton the incidents of violence committed by German troops against the civilian \r\n\tpopulation.
\r\n\t12 November 1915.
\r\n\tManuscript on printed form.
\r\n\t(NIAB, f. 295, op. 1, d. 9027, l. 68-68 ob.)<\/td>\r\n 		\r\n\r\n\"View<\/a><\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
Transcript of interrogation of N. Cherevko, peasant of \r\n\tZheleznitsa village, Pinsk district, Minsk province who served in \r\n\tthe Reconnaissance Detachment, 4th Cavalry Corps on the incidents of violence \r\n\tcommitted by German troops against the civilian population.
\r\n\t12 November 1915.
\r\n\tManuscript on printed form.
\r\n\t(NIAB, f. 295, op. 1, d. 9027, l. 70-70 ob.)<\/td>\r\n 		\r\n\r\n\"View<\/a><\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
German soldiers and the residents of Molchadi.
\r\n\tBaranovichi district, Grodno province.
\r\n\tPhotocopy. Photo. http:\/\/\u0431\u0430\u0440\u0430\u043d\u043e\u0432\u0438\u0447\u0438.net
\r\n\t(BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on \r\n\tthe history of the First World War)<\/td>\r\n 		\r\n\r\n\"Photo\"<\/a><\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
Banknotes issued in Vilna for circulation in the Belarusian \r\n\tterritory occupied by German troops in 1916.\u00a0
\r\n\tPrint. German.
\r\n\t(BGAMLI, f. 3, op. 1, d. 260, l. 57-58)<\/td> \r\n 		\r\n\r\n\"View<\/a><\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
Petition from Vilna residents to the town authorities for \r\n\tassistance to the starving people.
\r\n\t[1917].
\r\n\tTypescript, autographs of signers. Belarusian in Latin script.\r\n\t
\r\n\t(BGAMLI, f. 3, op. 1, d. 134, l. 22-23 ob.)<\/td>\r\n 		\r\n\r\n\"View<\/a><\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
Atrocities and plunders of the German army in Belarusian \r\n\tterritory (review of the Extraordinary Investigation Commission).
\r\n\t1917.
\r\n\tPhotocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. \r\n\t\u0422. III. Minsk, 1953. P. 794-796.
\r\n\t(BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on \r\n\tthe history of the First World War)<\/td>\r\n 		\r\n\r\n\"View<\/a><\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
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\r\n\t<\/a> 1918
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Fragment from the film “The monument”: German \r\n\ttroops parade in one of the occupied towns.
\r\n\tBelarusfilm cinema studio, director Yu. Gorulyov.
\r\n\tFilm record. 2003. Duration 4 secs.
\r\n\t(BGAKFFD, \u2116 3625)<\/td>\r\n 		\r\n\r\n\"Film<\/a><\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
German troops in the center of Minsk.
\r\n\tFebruary 1918.
\r\n\tPhoto.
\r\n\t(BGAKFFD, 0-16191)<\/td>\r\n 		\r\n\r\n\"Photo\"<\/a><\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
German troops parade in Slobodskaya Square in Minsk.
\r\n\tFebruary 1918.
\r\n\tPhoto.
\r\n\t(BGAKFFD, 0-109918)<\/td>\r\n 		\r\n\r\n\"Photo\"<\/a><\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
German weapons in Sobornaya Square in Minsk.
\r\n\tFebruary\r\n\t1918.
\r\n\tPhoto.
\r\n\t(BGAKFFD, 0-85077)<\/td>\r\n 		\r\n\r\n\"Photo\"<\/a><\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
German soldiers in Gubernatorskaya Street in Minsk.
\r\n\t1918.
\r\n\tPhoto.
\r\n\t(BGAKFFD, 0-85078)<\/td>\r\n 		\r\n\r\n\"Photo\"<\/a><\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
German soldiers in Polotsk.
\r\n\t1918.
\r\n\tPhotocopy. Photo. Illustrirovannaia khronologiia istorii Belarusi. Minsk, \r\n\t2000. P. 221.
\r\n\t(BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on \r\n\tthe history of the First World War)<\/td>\r\n 		\r\n\r\n\"Photo\"<\/a><\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
German soldiers and the residents of Gorodki village.
\r\n\tOshmiany district, Vilna province.
\r\n\tSpring 1918.
\r\n\tPhotocopy. Photo from the collection of E. Solomevich.
\r\n\t(BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on \r\n\tthe history of the First World War)<\/td>\r\n 		\r\n\r\n\"Photo\"<\/a><\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
Report on the negotiation with Stadthauptmann Herschel on the \r\n\tcreation of the militia in Minsk (submitted to the Minsk \r\n\tCity Council by the council member N. \r\n\tZalmanov, chief of civil division K. Yanushkevich, militia chief B. \r\n\tToikander).
\r\n\t1918.
\r\n\tTypescript.
\r\n\t(NIAB, f. 24, op. 1, d. 3656, l. 18-18 ob.)<\/td>\r\n 		\r\n\r\n\"View<\/a><\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
Statement of the opening of the administration’s archives by German troops and the necessity to take \r\n\tmeasures against the plundering of the archive’s documents (from \r\n\tArchivist of Minsk Province Administration A. Prokhorov to the Mayor \r\n\tof Minsk).
\r\n\t19 February 1918.
\r\n\tManuscript.
\r\n\t(NIAB, f. 24, op. 1, d. 3677, l. 32)<\/td>\r\n 		\r\n\r\n\"View<\/a><\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
Instructions of the General Command of the 3rd German Corps \r\n\tto the Minsk City Council for printing all orders and notices in the German, \r\n\tRussian, Belarusian, Polish and Hebrew languages.
\r\n\tMarch 1918.
\r\n\tTypescript.
\r\n\t(NIAB, f. 24, op. 1, d. 3678, l. 53)<\/td>\r\n 		\r\n\r\n\"View<\/a><\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
Application for permission to enter the Minsk male gymnasium, occupied by the German \r\n\tCommandant of Minsk, to inspect the school \r\n\tproperty and take measures for its protection (from Chief of Minsk \r\n\tCity Self-Government, Investigator Lebedev and Property Chief of \r\n\tMinsk Male Gymnasium Dydyrko to the German Commandant of Minsk).
\r\n\t[March 1918].
\r\n\tCopy. Typescript.
\r\n\t(NIAB, f. 24, op. 1, d. 3677, l. 143)<\/td>\r\n 		\r\n\r\n\"View<\/a><\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
Instructions of the 3rd German Army on the opening of \r\n\tMinsk District Court.
\r\n\t13 March 1918.
\r\n\tManuscript in Russian, typescript in German.
\r\n\t(NIAB, f. 183, op. 1, d. 504, l. 5-6)<\/td>\r\n 		\r\n\r\n\"View<\/a><\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
Order of the Commandant of Gomel Schultz to the town \r\n\tself-government for the daily printing of \r\n\tmilitary reports from the German headquarters on the first pages of all Gomel newspapers.
\r\n\t17 March 1918.
\r\n\tManuscript.
\r\n\t(NIAB, f. 2100, op. 1, d. 178\u0431, l. 15)<\/td>\r\n 		\r\n\r\n\"View<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
Appeal of the Minsk Province Zemstvo Board to the Commander of the German Occupation Corps on the necessity to organise \r\n\ta temporary mail communication in the occupied territory.
\r\n\t26 March 1918.
\r\n\tTypescript.
\r\n\t(NIAB, f. 325, op. 1, d. 1100, l. 22-23)<\/td>\r\n 		\r\n\r\n\"View<\/a><\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
Report on the violation by German occupation authorities of \r\n\tthe civil rights to freedom of assembly, unions and press set by the \r\n\tProvisional Government (from representatives of Minsk City Public Government \r\n\tand Minsk City Zemstvo Board to the Minsk City Council).
\r\n\t23 March 1918.
\r\n\tCopy. Typescript.
\r\n\t(NIAB, f. 24, op. 1, d. 3678, l. 43-44)<\/td>\r\n 		\r\n\r\n\"View<\/a><\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
Telegram of the Minsk City Council to the Reichschancellor, Chairman of Reichstag and \r\n\tRepresentative of the Russian Republic in Berlin requesting for urgent \r\n\tinterference to stop arrests and deportation of \r\n\tcitizens.
\r\n\t12 April 1918.
\r\n\tTypescript.
\r\n\t(NIAB, f. 24, op. 1, d. 3678, l. 100)<\/td>\r\n 		\r\n\r\n\"View<\/a><\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
Report of A. Levitas, member of the Minsk City Council, on the \r\n\tarrest of town residents by German troops and impossibility to release \r\n\tthe arrested.
\r\n\t14 April 1918.
\r\n\tTypescript.
\r\n\t(NIAB, f. 24, op. 1, d. 3678, l. 112-116)<\/td>\r\n 		\r\n\r\n\"View<\/a><\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
Order of the commandant of Staroe Selo village, Minsk \r\n\tdistrict on the removal of guns from residents, prohibition of revolutionary \r\n\tpropaganda, demand to salute German officers by taking off hats, ban on the \r\n\tsale of alcohol, removal of manure from courtyards, building of water \r\n\tclosets in each homestead and maintenance of clean streets.
\r\n\t10 April 1918.
\r\n\tTypescript.
\r\n\t(NIAB, f. 24, op. 1, d. 3678, l. 87)<\/td>\r\n 		\r\n\r\n\"View<\/a><\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
Order of the commandant of Staroe Selo village, Minsk \r\n\tdistrict, Minsk province on the establishment of new rules for the local \r\n\tpopulation.
\r\n\t15 April 1918.
\r\n\tTypescript.
\r\n\t(NIAB, f. 24, op. 1, d. 3678, l. 131)<\/td>\r\n 		\r\n\r\n\"View<\/a><\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
Instruction of the Commander of the 10th German Army, General of Infantry E. von Falkenhayn \r\n\ton the punishment of crimes committed in \r\n\toccupied areas.
\r\n\t6 May 1918.
\r\n\tTypescript.
\r\n\t(NIAB, f. 183, op. 1, d. 507, l. 16)<\/td>\r\n 		\r\n\r\n\"View<\/a><\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
Instruction of the Commander General of the German Landwehr \r\n\tCorps on the organisation of the military administration in Minsk province.
\r\n\t8 May 1918.
\r\n\tTypescript.
\r\n\t(NIAB, f. 325, op. 1, d. 1095, l. 190-191)<\/td>\r\n 		\r\n\r\n\"View<\/a><\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
Instruction of the Commander of the 10th German Army, General of \r\n\tInfantry E. von Falkenhayn on the closure of the Minsk City Council.
\r\n\t31 May 1918.
\r\n\tCopy. Typescript.
\r\n\t(NIAB, f. 1, op. 1, d. 7059, l. 30-31)<\/td>\r\n 		\r\n\r\n\"View<\/a><\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
Instruction of the Commander of the 10th German Army, General \r\n\tof Infantry E. von Falkenhayn on the reestablishment of local legal \r\n\tproceedings.
\r\n\t26 June 1918.
\r\n\tPrint. Russian, German.
\r\n\t(NIAB, f. 183, op. 1, d. 507, l. 20-21)<\/td>\r\n 		\r\n\r\n\"View<\/a><\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
Instruction of the Commander of the 10th German Army, General of Infantry E. von Falkenhayn \r\n\ton money circulation in the occupied territory.
\r\n\t1 July 1918.
\r\n\tPrint. Russian, German, Polish.
\r\n\t(NIAB, f. 1, op. 1, d. 7100, l. 35-36)<\/td>\r\n 		\r\n\r\n\"View<\/a><\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
Announcement of the Commander of the German Occupation Army \r\n\ton the procedures of the regional administration.
\r\n\t5 July 1918.
\r\n\tPrint. Russian, German.
\r\n\t(NIAB, f. 325, op. 1, d. 1099, l. 12)<\/td>\r\n 		\r\n\r\n\"View<\/a><\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
Letter of the Minsk Province Zemstvo Statistics Division to the \r\n\tStaff of the 10th German Army on the \r\n\tnecessity to conduct analysis of social and economic data for the \r\n\tregional administration.
\r\n\t9 August 1918.
\r\n\tTypescript.
\r\n\t(NIAB, f. 325, op. 1, d. 1142, l. 107-108)<\/td>\r\n 		\r\n\r\n\"View<\/a><\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
Instruction of the Commander of the 10th German Army, General of Infantry E. von Falkenhayn \r\n\ton the payment of taxes and duties in the occupied territory.
\r\n\t1918.
\r\n\tPrint.
\r\n\t(NIAB, f. 333, op. 4, d. 16952, l. 21)<\/td>\r\n 		\r\n\r\n\"View<\/a><\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
Death record from the Resurrection Church at \r\n\tBorisov for peasants of Senno district, Mogilev province shot by orders \r\n\tof German occupation authorities (records \u2116 57-66).
\r\n\t25 August 1918.
\r\n\tManuscript.
\r\n\t(NIAB, f. 136, op. 34, d. 50, l. 300 ob.-301, \u2116 57-60)<\/td>\r\n 		\r\n\r\n\"View<\/a><\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
Death record from the Church of the Nativity of \r\n\tthe Virgin at Borsuki, Mogilev district, Mogilev province for V. Nikolaev, \r\n\tresident of Byshliakov village, Polykovichi district killed by German \r\n\ttroops (record \u2116 14).
\r\n\t4 September 1918.
\r\n\tManuscript.
\r\n\t(NIAB, f. 2301, op. 12, d. 108, l. 279 ob.-280, \u2116 14)<\/td>\r\n 		\r\n\r\n\"View<\/a><\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
Application by householder M. Ivitsky to the Gomel Town \r\n\tCouncil to vacate his house from German troops since the house \r\n\twas brought to complete ruin.
\r\n\tOctober 1918.
\r\n\tTypescript.
\r\n\t(NIAB, f. 2100, op. 1, d. 168, l. 38)<\/td>\r\n 		\r\n\r\n\"View<\/a><\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
Proclamation of the Minsk City Council on \r\n\tthe occasion of the withdrawal of German troops from the city.
\r\n\t29 November 1918.
\r\n\tPrint.
\r\n\t(NIAB, f. 24, op. 1, d. 3656, l. 2)<\/td>\r\n 		\r\n\r\n\"View<\/a><\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
Review by L. Bende “German atrocities in the war 1914-1918” \r\n\tfor the collection of documents “The extraordinary commission for \r\n\tinvestigation of violations of the laws of war by the Austro-Hungarian and \r\n\tGerman troops”.\u00a0\u00a0
\r\n\t[1944-1945].
\r\n\tTypescript.
\r\n\t(BGAMLI, f. 66, op. 1, d. 290, l. 1-6)<\/td>\r\n 		\r\n\r\n\"View<\/a><\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
Fragment from the film “The Lenin readings”: repressions \r\n\tby German occupation authorities against local people and removal of \r\n\tcattle and food to Germany during the First World War.
\r\n\tBelteleradiocompany, 2005.
\r\n\tFilm record. Duration 33 secs.
\r\n\t(BGAKFFD, \u2116 3541)<\/td>\r\n 		\r\n\r\n\"Film<\/a><\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n <\/table>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Occupation regime and the civilian population 1915-1917 1918 1915-1917 Transcript of interrogation of M. and I. Dzikovitsky, residents of Staiki, Khoiniki, Pinsk district, Minsk province on the incidents of violence…","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":263311,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-191735","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/191735"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=191735"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/191735\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/263311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}