Archival Journeys

Dust, Gold, and History: Contrasts Between German and Soviet Archives
2024-11-23 22:20
Untouched by Time: Accessing Noble Family Archives
2024-11-23 21:39 I have already written that archives in Germany typically remain with organizations and are not transferred to municipal, regional, or federal archives as long as the organization exists. For example,...
Family Legends Confirmed: The Story of the Rempel Factory
2024-11-23 21:31 It’s always pleasant when family legends find confirmation in newspaper publications. That’s exactly what happened today. I wrote on Facebook about my grandfather and great-grandfather from the Rempel...
"Kalina": A Liaison's Arrest and Disappearance
2024-11-23 21:17 And after all these stories about the partisan liaison Halina—her guiding of the Belgians to the partisans, her complex relations with the German authorities, her denunciations of fellow villagers—Hal...
"Kalina": A Story of Resistance and Denunciations in Occupied Belarus
2024-11-23 21:01 This was the story of the heroic liaison "Kalina," Halina Kostenievich. However, she was also known for writing denunciations about her fellow villagers. Alongside the partisans, underground NKVD regi...
"Kalina": The Girl Who Brought Belgian Soldiers to the Partisans
2024-11-23 20:55 An archival project related to the transition of Belgians from the German army to Soviet partisans has been implemented. The archival collection of the Central Headquarters of the Partisan Movement is...
Are Archives Burning in Ulan-Ude?
2024-11-16 12:39 The Archive of Buryatia in Ulan-Ude is located in the courtyard of the republican administration on Lenin Square (home to the largest statue of the leader’s head). Nearby stands the building of the re...

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