Stalindorfs'kyi raion: dokumenty i materialy

Abstract

The collection of documents under review consists of unique sources from regional archives and private collections dealing with Jewish experiences in southern Ukraine during the 1930s and early 1940s. The collection concentrates on the history of Stalindorf Jewish national autonomous raion (district), formed in 1930 as part of the koreni- zatsiia policies aimed to reach out to Ukraine ’ s numerous ethnic communities and assist the process of their sovietization. The collection features previously unpublished documents from the State Archive of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast ’ (DADO) and the Archive of Ukraine ’ s Security Services in Dnipro. In addition, the volume includes material from Trybuna , the propaganda journal published by OZET (Society for Settling Toiling Jews on the Land) during 1928 – 1937. Most notably, it features oral interviews with Jewish inhabitants of Stalindorf district and photos from the family archives gathered by the editor Albert Venger during