Selected records from the State Archives of the Ternopil Region, Ukraine

The main part of the collection consists of pre-war records (1919-1939) of various Polish state institutions related to the socio-economic and political history of the Jewish communities of the Ternopil region. This includes government permits to open Jewish businesses and Jewish social organizations, payment of taxes by Jewish shop and business owners, school records, court records, and police reports related to the surveillance of Jewish organizations, Jewish political parties, and individuals; demographic and statistical data, etc. The wartime documentation contains selected records from the collection of German and local Ukrainian administration established by the German authorities on the territory of the region during the German occupation of the Ternopil region ( 1941-144). Among these collections are records of city and district administrations, Ternopil Kreishauptatmann office, records of the regional Ukrainian auxiliary police, etc. Collection also includes records of the Soviet State Extraordinary Commission to Investigate Nazi Crimes of the Territory of the Ternopil region ( 1944-1945), collection of court cases transferred to regional archivers from the State Security Archives ( 1939-1941, 1944-1950s), collection of documents of Armia Krajowa (Polish Home Army), various records related to the activities of Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) and Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) on the territory of the region, etc.