Sources for the Study of Occupation Policy Regarding the Child Population in the Occupied Territories of the RSFSR (1941—1944)

Abstract

The Great Patriotic War is a broad and multifaceted topic. One of the interesting vectors for studying this period is life in the USSR occupied by Nazi Germany and its allies. Behind the term “civilian population”, even in Soviet historiography, the concept of old people, women and children was formed. However, the issue of children, as the future generation subjected to the occupation of the USSR, is extremely important to consider from a special angle, since it is through the prism of the attitude of the Nazi leadership towards Soviet children, first of all, that Germany’s real intentions can be determined in relation to the future of the peoples of the USSR. This article examines sources stored in archives on the territory of the Russian Federation, collections of documents published in the USSR and the Russian Federation, as well as Internet projects developed in the Russian Federation dedicated to the digitization and placement of thematic materials.