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Nazi Terror in the Don Region as an Integral Part of the Occupation Policy (on the Example of Rostov-on-Don and Taganrog)
The article is devoted to the study of the phenomenon of terror as an everyday, everyday practice of the Nazi occupation policy during the Great Patriotic War in Rostov-on-Don and Taganrog in 1941–1943. In the light of the latest achievements
of modern historiography and new archival documents, it was possible to identify various aspects of the implementation of terror on the example of the two largest cities of the Rostov Region. The specifi city of the implementation of the punitive policy in Taganrog and Rostov, taking into account their strategic position on the Soviet-German front, is touched upon. Particular attention is paid to the analysis of archival documents introduced into scientifi c circulation within the framework of the All-Russian Without Limitation Period project, deposited in the funds of the State Archives of the Rostov Region, including the Taganrog branch of the GARO, as well as the Center for Documentation of the Contemporary History of the Rostov Region. The key components and mechanisms of terror are highlighted and analyzed. The most vulnerable categories of the population, who were subjected to punitive actions, are marked. Attention is drawn to the fact that the Nazi terror included not only the direct
physical extermination of Soviet citizens, but also measures of psychological infl uence on the population, the practice of expelling young people for forced labor in Germany, the elimination of cultural values, the whipping up of an atmosphere of universal fear and socio-political apathy. The “everyday” character of terror is noted as an integral attribute of the “new order” and the work of the cumbersome bureaucratic and ideological machine of Nazi Germany in the occupied territories of the Don Region.
of modern historiography and new archival documents, it was possible to identify various aspects of the implementation of terror on the example of the two largest cities of the Rostov Region. The specifi city of the implementation of the punitive policy in Taganrog and Rostov, taking into account their strategic position on the Soviet-German front, is touched upon. Particular attention is paid to the analysis of archival documents introduced into scientifi c circulation within the framework of the All-Russian Without Limitation Period project, deposited in the funds of the State Archives of the Rostov Region, including the Taganrog branch of the GARO, as well as the Center for Documentation of the Contemporary History of the Rostov Region. The key components and mechanisms of terror are highlighted and analyzed. The most vulnerable categories of the population, who were subjected to punitive actions, are marked. Attention is drawn to the fact that the Nazi terror included not only the direct
physical extermination of Soviet citizens, but also measures of psychological infl uence on the population, the practice of expelling young people for forced labor in Germany, the elimination of cultural values, the whipping up of an atmosphere of universal fear and socio-political apathy. The “everyday” character of terror is noted as an integral attribute of the “new order” and the work of the cumbersome bureaucratic and ideological machine of Nazi Germany in the occupied territories of the Don Region.
Rostov-on-Don, Taganrog, Rostov Region, Don Region, Great Patriotic War, Nazi occupation, occupation policy, genocide of civilians, Nazi terror