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Russia will transfer the Netherlands archival documents left after the World War II.

Russia will transfer the Netherlands 9 funds of archival documents of Dutch origin gained as a result of the World War II. The decree about archives transfer to the government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands was signed by the Prime Minister Michael Kasyanov. The decree was adopted according to the law "About cultural values moved to the USSR as a result of the World War II and kept at the territory of the Russian Federation". The RF Ministry of Culture suggested transferring the Netherlands 9 funds of the archival documents currently kept in the Russian State military archive. The decision is coordinated with the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the State customs committee, Ministry of Justice and Federal archival service of Russia. Among the transferred archival documents there are documentary materials of Masonic lodges (a collection of 395 files), the archival funds "The Jewish religious organizations and establishments of Holland" (more than a thousand files) and "the Pacifistic organizations of Holland", the Dutch mission of intellectual cooperation (Hague), the International archive of the women's movement (Amsterdam), the joined archival fund "Religious-mystical and theosophical societies of Holland" and also documents of Dutch "Universum" bank and the Dutch trading bank.

Источник: Jewish.ru