Russisch-Deutsches Projekt zur Digitalisierung Deutscher Dokumente in den Archiven der Russischen Föderation

In the final phase of the Second World War and in the immediate post-war period, extensive files of German provenance were brought by the Red Army to the Soviet Union. They represent important and partly central documentation on events in German and European history, especially in the 20th century. Due to the different legal positions of the governments of the Federal Republic of Germany and the Russian Federation, these document collections, which are so valuable for historical and art historical research - especially for research into the Second World War and the occupation regime - were and are not accessible or only with great difficulty.
It was therefore a central concern for German and international historical scholars to finally be able to access these holdings. The aim of the efforts of the Max Weber Network Eastern Europe is the digital edition of the German archive material that was relocated to the Soviet Union due to the war, which is now made accessible online without restriction and free of charge.
In cooperation with Russian scientists and archivists, the approximately 25,000 trophy files located there were digitized in the central archive of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation from mid-2014 to the end of 2021. This project primarily supports the historical processing of the history of the Nazi tyranny and the Second World War.
The following holdings are currently accessible online:
- German loot files from the Second World War in the Central Archives of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation (CAMO, 47 finding aids, 17,145 files)
- German loot files from the First World War in the Central Archives of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation (CAMO, 1 finding aid, 471 files)
- Collection of documents from the German secret police and intelligence services 1912-1945, which is located in the Russian State Archives for Socio-Political History (RGASPI, inventory 458, finding aid 9, 422 files)

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Formal type Online

Publisher Deutsches Historisches Institut in Moskau (DHI Moskau)

http://www.germandocsinrussia.org/de/nodes/1-russisch-deutsches-projekt-zur-digitalisierung-deutscher-dokumente-in-den-archiven-der-russischen-foderation

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Resource id

101618

Subjects

History

Database types

Full Text Database

Keywords

Online resource History German Empire Soviet Union Second World War First World War National Socialism Eastern Europe Digitalization

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Alternative titles	Deutsch-Russisches Projekt zur Digitalisierung Deu... Rossijsko-Germanskij Proekt po Ocifrovke Germanski... germandocinrussia.org
Countries	Deutschland Russland, Sowjetunion
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ZDB-ID	3216051-3
ZDB-ID	3216051-3

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