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🧠 New Research on the Holocaust in Ukraine: The Kalinindorf District Massacres 🧠 The EHRI European Holocaust Research Infrastructure Document Blog has published an important research piece by Alexander Kruglov, detailing The Extermination of Jews in the Kalinindorf Jewish National Raion of 1941. Established in 1927, Kalinindorf was the first Jewish national district in the USSR. By cross-referencing Soviet Extraordinary State Commission (ChGK) files with newly accessed criminal cases from the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) archives, the article reconstructs the tragic events of late 1941. 🗝️ Key Takeaways: * Scope of the Tragedy: Between August and December 1941, an estimated 4,159 Jews were systematically murdered in the district. * Archival Correction: Critical analysis of local documentation reveals that over 700 victims were originally omitted from the official post-war Soviet "Summary of Atrocities." * Local Accountability: The integrated records shed light on the exact mechanisms of the massacres, exposing the active complicity of local village elders (starostas) and local auxiliary police working alongside Sonderkommando 10a. * This study underscores the ongoing importance of regional archival research in correcting historical records and fully documenting the micro-history of the Holocaust in Ukraine. Read the full article and explore the source documents: 👉 https://lnkd.in/eShYaJgQ #HolocaustResearch #UkraineHistory #ArchivalResearch #EHRIDocumentBlog #WWIIHistory