THE JOURNAL OF REGIONAL HISTORY V.3 No.1
Stalingrad Internal Affairs Agencies in the Fight against the Nazi War Criminal...
THE JOURNAL OF REGIONAL HISTORY V.3 No.1

Stalingrad Internal Affairs Agencies in the Fight against the Nazi War Criminals (1942–1943)

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Alexander E. Epifanov
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The article is devoted to the institutional and legal aspects of Stalingrad NKVD to investigate the Nazi atrocities in 1942–43. Based on the archival records, many of which are introduced to the scholars for the first time, the author shows the features and the main indicators of the struggle of internal affairs agencies against the Nazi war criminals and their collaborators on the example of Stalingrad. The article includes an introduction, a main body, a conclusion and references. The article concludes that, thanks to the Stalingrad internal affairs agencies, the victims and the material damage from the Nazi atrocities were identified in the region, and the names of their perpetrators were identified.
Alexander E. Epifanov
Doctor of Law, Professor,
Volgograd State University,
Volgograd, Russia
kmp@volsu.ru
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Keywords:
Nazi War Criminals, the Extraordinary State Commission, assistance commission, Wehrmacht and prisoners of war, Stalingrad, NKVD, NKGB, atrocities and wrongdoings
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Epifanov, A. “Stalingrad Internal Affairs Agencies in the Fight against the Nazi War Criminals (1942–1943)”. Historia Provinciae – The Journal of Regional History, vol. 3, no. 1 (2019): 318–370, http:// doi.org/10.23859/2587-8344-2019-3-1-5

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