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Documentation of the Soviet Extraordinary State Commission, regarding the murder of Jews and POWs in the Polotsk region during 1941-1944

Documentation of the Soviet Extraordinary State Commission, regarding the murder of Jews and POWs in the Polotsk region during 1941-1944 Survey reports and investigation reports of witnesses, regarding the establishment of the Polotsk Ghetto, the murder of Jews from Polotsk at a shooting range in the village of Borovukha in 08/1941; murder of Jews from Polotsk in 12/1941; murder of Jews from the Polotsk Ghetto at a shooting range in Borovukha in 08/1942; establishment of a POW camp for Soviets in Borovukha in 1941; murder of POWs at the camp in Borovukha; Establishment of a POW camp for Soviets, approximately five kilometers north of Glubokoye; murder of POWs during 1941-1944; Establishment of a "camp" for Jews in Drissa in 02/1942; murder of Jews from Drissa in a Jewish cemetery in 02/1942; murder of 64 Jews from Volyntsy in 02/1942; Establishment of a ghetto in Dunilovichi in 12/1941; order given to the Jews to wear a yellow badge; abuse of the Jews on the bank of the Zagrezhenka River; murder of Jews from the ghetto in Dunilovichi on 21/11/1942; Murder of Jews from Vetrino in a trench in a field near the municipality in winter 1941; deportation of some of the Jews to Bykovshchina, where they were murdered; Included in the file is documentation regarding the suppression and murder of the local population in the Polotsk region (district); names of Jews, and names of German criminals and collaborators; exhumation reports from mass killing sites, and statistical reports regarding the damage caused to the economy in the Polotsk district.
item Id
3706711
Type of material
Certification
Exhumation report
Investigation report
Names
Names of perpetrators
Official documentation
Statistical report
Survey report
File Number
JM/10648
Language
Russian
Record Group
M.41 - Archives in Belorus
Sub-Record Group
M.41.NARB - The National Archives of the Belarusian Republic
Date of Creation - earliest
15/04/1945
Date of Creation - latest
05/10/1949
Original
NO
No. of pages/frames
211
Archival Signature
861-1-13
Location of Originals
NATSIONALNY ARKHIV RESPUBLIKI BELARUS - BELARUS, MINSK
Connected to Item
Documentation of the Soviet Extraordinary State Commission in Belorussia, 1943-1945