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Settlements researched
Occupation. Genocide. Memory.
Leningrad Region Occupation Research Portal
Digital research platform dedicated to the study of Nazi occupation, crimes against civilians and the genocide of Jews in the Leningrad Region (1941-1944).
The project brings together archival documents, geospatial analysis, witness testimony and verified scholarly metadata for international research, teaching and public memory work.
The Scale of Tragedy
300+
Mass killing sites
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Ghettos identified
1 200+
Archival documents
100+
Witness testimonies
150+
Memorial sites
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Research collections
Interactive Atlas of Occupation
Explore the history of occupation through a research atlas with multiple layers of verified archival evidence, places of violence, testimonies, documents and memorial sites.
- Mass killing sites
- Holocaust locations
- Ghettos
- Camps
- Witness testimonies
- Documents
- Photographs
- Memorial sites
Map layers
GISMass killing sites
Holocaust locations
Ghettos
Camps
Witness testimonies
Documents
Photographs
Memorial sites
Research Methodology
Archival Research
Work with state archives, museum collections, regional records and private documentary holdings.
Digitization
Scanning and structured processing of documents, photographs, maps and testimony metadata.
Georeferencing
Linking evidence to specific places using GIS tools and historical map comparison.
Verification
Cross-checking every record through multiple independent archival and scholarly sources.
Publication
Publishing verified data in the interactive atlas and research database for scholarly reuse.
Archive
Documents, maps and field evidence
The archive brings together documentary references, historical maps, testimony metadata and georeferenced records of occupied settlements, places of violence and memorial sites.
Archival document indexGeoreferenced historical mapsPhotographic collections and source references
Holocaust Studies
Jewish persecution, ghettos and killing sites
A dedicated research layer documents ghettos, anti-Jewish violence, local collaboration, forced displacement and mass killing sites across the occupied Leningrad Region.
Ghetto locations and survivor testimoniesMass killing sites and memorial recordsCross-checked archival and scholarly sources
Stories of People
Behind every data point there are real people and real lives. Their stories are the human center of the research archive.
View All Stories
Anna S.
Survivor, Leningrad Region
“We hid in the forest for many days and waited for news from the village.”
David L.
Survivor, Gatchina
“My entire family was taken to the ghetto before the winter.”
Maria K.
Survivor, Novgorod District
“The village was burned and people were shot near the road.”
Iosif B.
Survivor, Luga District
“I remember the day they came to our town and marked the houses.”
Publications
Article · 2026
Mapping Occupation Violence in the Leningrad Region, 1941-1944
Leningrad Front Research Group
Conference Paper · 2025
Archival Evidence and Civilian Persecution in Northwestern Russia
A. Ivanova, M. Schneider
Report · 2025
Holocaust Sites and Local Memory in Occupied Rural Communities
D. Levin, E. Korhonen
Datasets
GeoJSON · CC BY-NC 4.0
Verified Occupation Sites Gazetteer
Structured geospatial dataset of researched settlements, mass violence sites and memorial locations.
DownloadCSV · CC BY 4.0
Archival Document Index
Metadata index for digitized archival documents, source references and repository identifiers.
DownloadJSON · Restricted scholarly access
Witness Testimony Metadata
Controlled metadata for oral history records, testimony fragments and place references.
DownloadOpen Science. Shared Memory.
The portal is designed as a sustainable research infrastructure for universities, archives, Holocaust Studies, Genocide Studies and Digital Humanities partners.
Join Our ResearchPublications
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Conferences
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Partners
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Countries
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Research Institutions
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