Selected records from the State Archives of the Bryansk Region, Russian Federation RG-22.030 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW Washington, DC 20024-2126 Tel. (202) 479-9717 e-mail: [email protected] Descriptive summary Title: Selected records from the State Archives of the Bryansk Region, Russian Federation Dates: 1918-1972 (inclusive) (bulk) Accession number: 2011.2 Extent: 5,788 digital images: JPEG; 15.5 GB 4 DVDs; 4 ¾ in Repository: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives, 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW, Washington, DC 20024-2126 Languages: Russian Scope and content of collection Contains selected records related to the partisan warfare and the local administration during and after WWII of the Bryansk region. Includes documents of the local administration established by the Nazis during WWII and by the Soviet Union after WWII . The records of the Soviet administration pertain to investigation of crimes committed by the Nazis during the occupation. Includes also a small collection of records related to the history of the Jewish population before WWII (1917- 1941). Administrative Information Restrictions on access: No restrictions on access. Restrictions on reproduction and use: Fair use only. Preferred citation: Preferred citation for USHMM archival collections; consult the USHMM website for guidance. Acquisition information: From the State Historical Archive of the Bryansk Region, Russia. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection from the State Historical Archive of the Bryansk Region via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Project in Jan. 2011. Existence and location of originals: Gosudarstvennyĭ istoricheskiĭ arkhiv Bria︠︡ nskoĭ oblasti Processing history: Finding aid formatted by Tia Smith, 2018. Indexing terms Administrats︠︡ iia︠︡ Bria︠︡ nskoĭ oblasti. World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Russia (Federation)--Bria︠︡ nsk Region. Guerrilla warfare--Russia (Federation)--Bria︠︡ nsk Region--History--20th century. Jews--Russia (Federation)--Bria︠︡ nsk Region--History--20th century--Registers. War crimes--Russia (Federation)--Bria︠︡ nsk Region. Bria︠︡ nsk (Russia)--History--20th century. CONTAINER LIST Disk 1 Fund R-1097 – Klintsovsky regional executive council committee (Okrispolkom). Inventory 1 for years 1929 – 1930. F. 59. Documents on work among minority nationalities in Klintsovsky district. 1929 Number of sheets not indicated F. 83, ll. 78 – 79, 337. Records and decree of Presidium of Klintsovsky regional council committee on status of work among minority nationalities and documents on history of regional Committee on the settlement of Jews on the land (Komzet). 1929 –1930 F. 105. Documents on committees on the settlement of Jews on the land (KOMZET) in Klintsovsky district. 1929 Number of sheets not indicated Fund R-1285 – Pochepsky UIK Inventory 1 – 258 files for years 1917 – 1928. F. 176. File on the census and registration of Jewish working population wishing to engage in agriculture. 1925 –1926 197 l. Fund R-2608 – Collection of documents on period of occupation of Briansky region 1941 – 1943. Inventory 1 – 73 files (7887 l.). This archival collection consists of separate documents on period of occupation of Briansky region, sent for safekeeping in regional government archives by KGB authorities of Briansky region on 28 April 1956. The collection also includes KGВ documents on Briansky region for 1946-1956, including records of interrogations of persons working together with the occupiers. The archive was declassified in 1990. The archive contains a list of persons who committed crimes in Briansky region (d. 61). F. 9. Newspaper file of occupational newspapers: «Starodubskaya gazeta», «Novyi put’». October 1941 – January 1943 64 l. F. 10. Newspaper file of occupational newspapers: «Novyi put’», «Klintsovskaya gazeta». «Klintsovskaya gazeta» of 18 October 1941.A.2. Anti-Semitic article - «Handling of Jews». «Novyi put’» (Klintsy), № 3, 31 December 1941. A.2. Anti- Semitic article of burgomaster M. Gretsky of city and district of Klintsy. October – November 1941 22 l. F. 11. Brochure «General basis for national workers’ solidarity» 1941 22 l. F. 12. Propaganda materials of occupying powers in Russian language (newspapers, placards, appeals, leaflets, addresses). Rare anti-Semitic caricature in journal «Bich» №8 for August 1943. 1941 – 1943 61 l. F. 30. Brochure of Michael Oktan (editor of newspaper «Rech’» (Orel): «Is this a patriotic war for people of Russia», «Jews and bolshevism». February – April 1942 57 l. F. 53. Newspaper file of newspaper «Za svobodu» (Smolensk), of organ of Russian people’s army. 1943 4 l. F. 54. Collaboration journals «Bich», «Novaya zhizn’», «Lyuba». June – August 1943 37 l. F. 55. Brochure of German head agricultural authorities «Significance of year 1943 for Russian agricultural economy». January 1943 6 l. F. 56. Brochure of Red Army prisoner A. Ya. Zaporozhets «Life of German worker». January 1943 6 l. Disk 2 Fund P-3 – Briansky provincial committee (ukom) of Communist party. Inventory 1 – 189 files for 1917 – 1921 F. 53. Circulars, decrees of central committee of Jewish social-democratic labor party (ESDRP) «Poalei Zion». 1919 – 1921 37 l. F. 98. Lists of members and sympathizers of Zhukovsky organization ESDRP «Poalei Zion». 1919 – 1920 28 l. Fund P-13 – Klintsovsky region Communist party committee. Inventory 1 – 139 files for 1929 – 1930 F. 76. Records of meetings, work reports on Jewish section at Klintsovsky region Communist party committee and other correspondence on work with minority nationalities. 1930 40 l. Fund P-1 – Briansky province Communit party committee Beginning 1920 at the Department of Agitation and Propaganda there was a subdivision on minority nationalities and a Jewish section. Documents of provincial committee contain statistical and other information on Jews of the region in the pre-war period. F. 773. Circulars and instructions of Communist party and Jewish youth union. June 1923 24 l. Fund R-85 – Briansky province executive committee Inventory 1 for years 1918 – 1924 F. 855, ll. 96 – 104. Statistical data on nationality composition of population of Briansky province from 1920 population census. Inventory 2 for years 1925 – 1929 F. 1615. Excerpt from record of meeting of committee on agricultural settlement of Jewish workers at presidium of council of nationalities at USSR Central executive committee (KOMZET) and records of meetings of provincial committee on organization of such committees in place. 1927 16 l. Fund R-89 – Briansky regional executive council committee (Ogrispolkom). Inventory 1 for years 1929 – 1930. F. 340. Documents on work of regional KOMZET (committee on agricultural settlement of Jewish workers). 1930 12 l. Fund R-526 – Karachevsky district council executive committee (UIK). Inventory 1. F. 594. On registration of Karachevsky district Jewish population wishing to take up agricultural work. 1926 Number of sheets not indicated Fund R-793 – Novozybkovksy district council executive committee (UIK). Inventory 1 – 535 files for years 1918 – 1929. F. 122, l. 49. On establishment of district and rural committee on agricultural settlement of Jews (from record of meeting of UIK on February 1927. Fund P-1650 – Briansky headquarters of partisan movement of Great Patriotic War (1941 – 1945). The fund contains 2 inventories containing 1294 files. In May 1942, by decision of Government defense committee (GKO), Brianky headquarters of partisan movement was established at military council of Briansky front, the appointed head of which was A. Matveev, first secretary of Orlovsky regional Communist party committee. Inventory 1 includes 867 files with historical documents available for research. Inventory 2 includes lists of partisans, personal records of command personnel, award materials, correspondence on personnel, totaling 432 files Structural departments of Briansky headquarters of partisan movement (BSHPD) were: 1. Operational department. 2. Reconnaissance department. 3. Headquarters personnel department. 4. Communications department. 5. Materials and technical supplies department. 6. Political department. Inventory 1 – 867 files (69331 l.). FF. 1 – 64. Operational department of BSHPD: Instructions (orders, decisions) of central and higher organs to Briansky headquarters on organization of partisan action; correspondence of BSHPD on these issues; BSHPD documents, directives to partisan formation; documents and information (reports, dispatches, communiques) on partisan formation, on battle action and political education work in brigades sent to headquarters. 1942 –1943 7530 l. ДД. 65 – 98. Reconnaissance department: • Leadership instructions on reconnaissance, received from center (orders, instructions); correspondence of BSHPD with central headquarters of partisan movement (TSSHPD), NKVD, information (reports, dispatches, etc.) of BSHPD on reconnaissance work in partisan formations. • Leadership instructions and orders of BSHPD sent to partisan formations on various reconnaissance actions. • Reconnaissance reports and other documents of partisan formations in BSHPD on work of various reconnaissance groups and secret service reconnaissance work in place. 1942 – 1943 4136 l. F. 71. Reporting notes and information sent by BSHPD to central headquarters of partisan movement (TSSHPD) and regional Communist party committee on situation in occupied territory, tactics of Germans in fighting partisans, religious issue. LL. 4 –13. Information