Melyakov A. The mass sources for history of deportation the civilian of the Kharkiv region to the Germany in the period 1941-1943

This dissertation deals with mass sources, which represent the process of deportation of civil population of the Kharkiv region to the forced labour in Germany. Among these sources there are some materials of filtration cases, letters of Ukrainians -"Ostarbaiters", materials of the institutions of Kharkiv self-goverment. We have investigated the reasons of appearence of such sources, elucidated the degree of their anthenticity and representation and determinated their functional destination. These sources can be reffered to the mass class, they can undergo the appropriate methods of treatment, especially content-analysis. We have come to the conclusion that on the basis of the analysis of the given sources it is possible to determine both typical and unique beatures of the process, which are represented in the given sources.