Documentation from the Archive of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan, 1941-1945

Documentation from the Archive of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan, 1941-1945 - Reports of the regional committees, regarding the strengthening of the [Communist] Party's political work among the local population and steps for the struggle against displays of antisemitism; - Mention of cases of antisemitism related to refugees from the Republics of the Soviet Union, and Poland; - Report of the regional health branch, regarding the situation in the Alma-Ata region during 1941-1945: participation of the evacuated Jewish physicians in the struggle against epidemiological diseases and others in Jewish schools and orphanages; - Information regarding the morbidity among the evacuated population and the medical assistance given by Jewish physicians; - Documentation collected by the central committee of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan, regarding the strengthening of the hostile activity of anti-Soviet and pro-Fascist organizations in the Republic, regarding provocative discussions and attempts to arouse national hatred against Jews among the local population and to arouse the population by means of antisemitic speeches; along with the dissemination of provocative rumors, calls were heard in various places for pogroms and for the physical destruction of Jews; - There is a need for an information campaign among the local population regarding leaders and activists of Jewish origin who are integrated in all branches of the national economy, in literature and in the arts, who are award-winning: the young talented musicians D. Oistrakh, J. Flier, E. Gilels and J. Zak who were rewarded with first prizes in world competitions; Jews who are among the greatest directors of the Soviet cinematic arts - S. Eisenstein and F. Ermler; many Jews who are active at the rear and who give support at the front; articles by I. Ehrenberg, poems by S. Marshak, and others; - Letter written on 20/08/1942, with corrections made by N. Skvortsov, the secretary of the central committee of the Communist Party of the Bolsheviks: among those who have been honored for their bravery in the struggle against the Nazis - in second place are members the Jewish People, after the Russian soldiers; - List of educational institutions and research institutions that were evacuated to Kazakhstan; - Gratitude by the evacuees; - Secret decision by the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union, regarding the return [repatriation] of children of Polish citizens from the Soviet Union to Poland during the 1950s; The documentation was received by Yad Vashem thanks to cooperation with the USHMM in a project for the acquisition of documentation regarding the evacuation to the Soviet Union.