German Communists in the Soviet Union after 1933
GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA8064 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.8064
Abstract: Production of a database of all German communists
who emigrated to the Soviet Union after the seizure of power by Hitler
with particular consideration of their fate there in view of the
purges by Stalin after approx. 1937.
Through the opening of the archives (also KGB)
for the first time it was possible to resolve the puzzle
of the whereabouts of many German communists in the USSR.
Currently the investigation encompasses over 2000 cases,
but is not yet completed, in part because
access to the archives has again become more difficult.
Topics: The database encompasses information on name, origi ... more Methodology
Date(s) of Data Collection: 1933 - 1945
Geographic coverage: USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (SUHH)
Universe: Akten
Number of Units: 2091
Sampling Procedure: Census with situation of unclear file Mode of Data Collection: File analysis (immigration files, trial files, secret service files)
Data Collector: B. Grekov,
Ehem. Akademie der Wissenschaften der Sowjetunion, Moskau
Analysis System(s): SPSS, Stata, Excel
Number of Variables: 30
Bibliographic information
Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution: Grekov, Boris - Ehem. Akademie der Wissenschaften der Sowjetunion, Moskau
Publication year: 1993
DOI: 10.4232/1.8064
Study number: ZA8064
Publisher: GESIS Data Archive
Versions
Current Version: 1.0.0, 2010-04-13, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.8064
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