People of German nationality were "sentenced to exile" according to the Resolution of GKO (State Committee for Defence) # 702 cc dated 22.09.1941 "On resettlement of German nationals from Zaporozhskaya, Stalinskaya and Voroshilovgradskaya regions".
According to this Resolution Soviet citizens of German nationality were exiled to Kazakhstan:
63,000 from Zaporozhskaya, 41,000 from Stalinskaya (Donetskaya nowadays) and 5487 from Voroshilovogradskaya (Luganskaya nowadays) regions of Ukraine.
This operation of deportation was performed between 25 September and 10 October 1941. People left all their belongings, property and were allowed to take only 200 kg of personal belongings and food per person. 100,000 people were deported during this time. Another 800,000 were deported till the end of 1941.....
