PARTICIPATION OF PENZA RESIDENTS IN RESISTANCE MOVEMENT OF SOVIET WAR PRISONERS IN THE YEARS OF THE GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR (1941-1945)
The paper is devoted to investigating the basic forms of the resistance of the soviet war prisoners in the years of the Great Patriotic War by the example of the experience of the natives of Penza region - the prisoners of the Nazi camps. The author sets himself a task to identify the proportion of the participants of the resistance among all Penza war prisoners. The paper is based on previously unpublished archival sources, which are stored in the “filtration fund” of the State Archive of Penza region.