Documentation of the Muzey-arkhiv perekhodovoi doby (Kiev Archive Museum of Transitional Period [History]) in Kiev, 1942

Documentation of the Muzey-arkhiv perekhodovoi doby (Kiev Archive Museum of Transitional Period [History]) in Kiev, 1942 The Kiev Archive Museum of Transitional Period [History] was established under the auspices of the German authorities and was active during April-October 1942 with the aim of presenting the [history of the] transitional period from the Soviet occupation period until the period of Nazi rule; Included in the collection: - Decisions taken by the mayor of Kiev regarding the opening of the museum; - Decision by the Kiev municipality regarding the registration of the books left by Jews and the transfer of the lists to the municipality; - Announcement by the office of the "Sofiyevka" neighborhood in Kiev, regarding the transfer of Jewish property to storerooms and the giving of punishment to residents who took property without permission; - Request to the director of the municipality's propaganda department by a woman resident of Kiev, to receive a piano from an apartment abandoned by Jews; - Statistical data regarding births, deaths and marriages; - Antisemitic article regarding the life of the Ukrainians during the Soviet occupation, compared to the life of the Jews; - List of objects selected from museums in Ukraine in 1922, including Jewish ritual articles taken from synagogues in Ukraine.