Collection ID: 4078221 BAR Gen Ms Coll/Valentinov

Collection context

Summary

Creator:
Valentinov, V
Extent:
70 pages and 70 pages
Language:
German .

Background

Scope and Content:

Typed memoirs ""Wie ich 'Kollaborateur' wurde" by Valentinov. He primarily describes his service in the Red Army, his life as a prisoner of war, and the activities of the NKVD, the Russian Liberation Army, and the Committee for the Liberation of the Peoples of Russia (Komitet Osvobozhdenii︠a︡ Narodov Rossii).

Biographical / Historical:

Lieutenant in the Red Army during World War II, and was captured by the Germans. He subsequently formed a guard unit made up of Ukrainian prisoners of war. From that time on Valentinov served with the Germans against the Soviets.

Acquisition information:
Memoirs: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1952.
Processing information:

Memoirs Accessioned 1952.

Memoirs Processed 02/--/82.

Accruals:

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Rules or conventions:
aapm

Access

RESTRICTIONS:

This collection is located on-site.

LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
6th Floor East Butler Library
535 West 114th St.
New York, NY 10027, United States
CONTACT:
(212) 854-5590
rbml@library.columbia.edu