The People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (Russian: Народный комиссариат внутренних дел, romanized: Narodnyy komissariat vnutrennikh del, IPA: [nɐˈrodnɨj kəmʲɪsərʲɪˈat ˈvnutrʲɪnʲɪɣ …

NKVD special camps (German: Speziallager) were NKVD -run late and post- World War II internment camps in the Soviet-occupied parts of Germany from May 1945 to January 6, 1950. …

The Berlin-Hohenschönhausen Memorial (German: Gedenkstätte Berlin-Hohenschönhausen) is a museum and memorial located in Berlin's north-eastern Lichtenberg district in the locality of Alt …

Under the control of the Moscow People's Commissariat of the Interior (NKVD), it primarily served as a transit camp for more than 16,000 men, women and adolescents. From here, transports …

During the German invasion of the USSR, the Soviet Secret Police (NKVD) brutally murdered between 10,000 and 40,000 political prisoners in Western Ukraine over the course of eight …

The special camps in the Soviet Occupation Zone (SBZ) are under the administration of the Soviet People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (NKVD). The camps were established …

Nov 19, 2019 · In 1941 the NKVD was responsible for the Border Troops who patrolled along the frontier, and these look a very active part in the initial fighting of June 1941. The war also saw …

Mar 4, 2017 · October 1938, NKVD units arrested over 150,000 people, 111,000 of whom were soon shot. The 'Polish Operation' marked the zenith of the persecution of Poles in the Soviet …

Hasselwerderstraße 38/40, 12439 Berlin An der Hauswand der Villa “Offensiv” wurde am 09.11.2007 eine Gedenktafel mit folgender Inschrift befestigt: “In diesem Haus befand sich im …

Mass surveillance in East Germany was a widespread practice throughout the country's history, involving Soviet, East German, and Western agencies. Map showing the division of East and …