The fate of the archives of the Ukrainian SSR during the Second World War
World War II and Ukraine: Problems and Searches
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.15407/uhj2019.05.059Keywords:
historical and cultural values, archives, documents, occupying agencies, evacuation, archival funds, damage, World War II.Abstract
Abstract. The purpose of the work is to identify, on the basis of an impartial assessment of the actions at that time, a number of factors that caused the loss of archival funds of UkrSSR, to investigate the mechanisms of removal and ways of their migration, to identify the locations, to summarize and determine the extent of the damage caused, and to develop recommendations for the theoretical and practical use of the results. The methodology of the study is based on the principles of historicism and the application of general scientific (typologization, classification, systematization), interdisciplinary (structural-system approach) and historical (chronologization, periodization) methods. This provided the principles of dialectics and logic of knowledge of the historical process and social development of the interpretation of the phenomena under study in the dynamics of social events, taking into account the relationships, as well as carrying out a comprehensive analysis of the totality of sources, given the multifactorial and ambiguous information available. The scientific novelty is to cover the evacuation by the Soviet authorities of archival materials in the eastern regions of the UkrSSR and their theft at detention facilities. Careful planning by the Nazi administration of measures for the implementation of the action of unprecedented robbery of archival assets, as well as the systematic seizure and removal of cultural property from the territory of our country. Conclusions. During the World War II, a great number of material and spiritual historical and cultural values, including a large number of archival documents, manuscripts, and other written sources, found in other countries were destroyed or removed from Ukraine. The results of the analysis of documents on the destruction and export of cultural property from our country during the war show that the imperial forces carried out these actions professionally and purposefully, pursuing political and self-serving aggressive goals for distorting the historical truth, the memory of the Ukrainian people, depriving them of their national identity, statehood and existence.
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