Berlin, 1 May 1942
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Chief of Security Police and SD Executive Staff [Kommandostab]
The Reich Defense Commissioner for Military District XVII
Reed. 27 May 1942
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Reports from the occupied Eastern territories No. 1
To be filed
17-6-42 [Initials]
Instead of the "Reports about the activity and status of the operation group of the Security Police and the SD in the USSR", which so far were delivered monthly, there are now appearing weekly the "Reports from the occupied Eastern territories."
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Berlin, 22 May 1942 [Rubber stamp] Secret
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Chief of Security Police and SD Executive Staff [Kommandostab]
The Reich Defense Commissioner for Military District XVII Reed. 27 May 1942 Z—RV—K 1320/C/474/42g
Reports from the occupied Eastern territories No. 4
To be filed 17-6-42 [initials]
When making inquiries, please refer to the above number of the report.
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The Jews in the Crimea.
The first Jewish settlements in the Crimea worth mentioning date back to the end of the 18th Century when the Crimea, with the exception of Sevastopol and the Imperial summer residence Yalta, was assigned to the Jews as a zone for settlement.
At the same time when Judaism was trying to create for itself in the Asiatic part of Russia the Jewish autonomous territory of "Birodshan" the attempt was made, with the strong financial support of American Jewish organizations, to create a rather closed settlement area for the Jews also in the European part of the USSR, in the Crimea. It is characteristic of the general influence which the Jews exercised in the USSR already at that time, that the so-called "Kosed", a subdivision of the NKVD, specially created by the Reds as control organization, was completely dominated by the Jews within a short time. The settling of the Jews in the Crimea, which took place chiefly at the time when collectivation (1928) was increasing, was done almost entirely at the expense of the German nationals and Tartars. In the western and central parts of the Steppe, whole German villages had to be evacuated and surrendered 'to the Jews. However, just as in "Birodshan" the attempt to turn Jews into farmers failed also in the Crimea.
Already in 1939, out of the 65,000 Jews in the Crimea, 44,000 (that is almost 70 percent) lived in the cities of Simferopol, Sevastopol, Kertsch, Jewpatoria, Yalta, and Feodosia alone. In the country, they worked chiefly as administrators of large stocks
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and supply depots, where they carried on their usurious trade by buying and selling scarce goods as well as consumer goods.
All vital spheres in the Crimea were soon completely dominated by the Jews living in the cities. Even if in some instances the chairmen of the individual commissariats themselves were not Jewish, then their deputies or the first secretaries were Jews.
Of the Krimtschaks (approximately 6,000) who were generally counted to the Jews, about half lived for the greater part in Simferopol (2,500) and in Karasubarsar. Their annihilation together with that of the real Jews and the gypsies in the Crimea took place essentially until the beginning of December 1941.
The fact that the Krimtschaks and the gypsies shared the fate of the Jews did not particularly excite the population.
Berlin, 5 June 1942 [Rubber Stamp:] Secret!
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The Reich Defense Commissioner for Military District XVII Reed. 9 June 1942 Z—RV—K 1320 C—499/42g.
Reports from the occupied Eastern territories No. 6
When making inquiries please refer to the above number of the report.
To be filed 17 June 1942 [Initials]
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The Jews in Estonia.
As Estonia in the Czarist Russia was closed to Jewish immigration till about the middle of the last century, the Jewish people with only 0.38 percent (4,500) remained there numerically unimportant.
Nevertheless their influence in all spheres of life was far stronger. Above all, through their connection with NKVD, the Jews knew how to create for themselves a strong position within the Estonian life.
At the entry of the German troops, the majority of the Jews left Estonia. Only about 2,000 Jews remained there of whom
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about half lived in Reval. Through the Security Police and SD, the Jews were seized by and by, avoiding all unnecessary trouble in the economic life of Estonia. '
Today there are no more Jews in Estonia.
Berlin, 12 June 1942 [Rubber Stamp.:] Secret!
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The Reich Defense Commissioner for Military District XVII Reed. 16 June 1942
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Reports from the occupied Eastern territories No. 7
To be filed 17 June 1942 [initials]
When making inquiries please refer to the above number of the report.
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The Jews in Latvia
The number of the Jews in Latvia in 1935 was 93,479—4.79 percent of the entire population. While before 1940, the year of Latvia's occupation by the Soviet Union no. Jews were employed in the Latvian Civil Administration, all influential positions were in their hands soon afterwards. For example, about 50 percent of all judges were Jews. In the higher judicial instances, particularly in the courts the share of the Jews even mounted to 80 percent. Similar conditions prevailed in the economic and cultural life.
After the entry' of the German troops into Latvia there were still about 70,000 Jews, while the others had fled with the retreating Bolshevist armies.
The acts of sabotage and arson which occurred in Latvia shortly after the entry of the German troops were caused or committed to the greatest extent by Jews.
For example, in Dunaburg so many fires were laid by Jews that a large part of the town was destroyed thereby. The removal
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of 33,038 Latvians is also to be attributed to Jewish influence.
At the present time there are only a few Jews in the ghettos who are doing specialized work.
The figures are as follows:
In Riga about 2,500 Dunaburg about 950 Libau about 300
Aside from these Jews, Latvia has become free of Jews in the ' meantime.
Berlin, 26 June 1942. [Rubber Stamp:] Secret!
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The Reich Defense Commissioner for Military District XVII Reed. 30 June 1942 Z—RV—K 1320/C/552/42g
Reports from the occupied Eastern territories'
No. 9
To be filed 1 July 1942 [initials]
When making inquires please refer to the above number of the report.
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The Jews in White Ruthenia
The White Ruthenian area has always been the most densely populated by Jews of all areas of the Eastern territory. According to a census taken in 1926 more than 400,000 Jews lived in what was then the White Ruthenian Socialist Soviet Republic (RSSR). In the Western territories belonging to the former Poland which are also populated mainly by White Ruthenians, more than 500,000 Jews were living there according to a census last taken in 1931. Experience shows that the Jews, when censuses were taken, for reasons of camouflage only partly acknowledged to be Jews, and therefore the figures given embrace only a part of the Jews actually living in the White Ruthenian settlement area, so that their total number in reality is far higher.
At the outbreak of the war, more than half of the Jews in White
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Ruthenia lived in the larger cities, above all in Minsk, where out of 238,000 inhabitants 100,000 to 120,000 were Jews. Although the great majority of the White Ruthenian Jews were impecunious, they still had exercised for a long time a great influence in all spheres of life, in the former Polish area as well as in the originally Soviet Russian area. At the same time, the influence of the Jews in the former Polish territory was due mainly to their very strong economic positions. While in the Soviet Russian part of White Ruthenia they had their powerful positions in the state apparatus, and above all in the Communist party, especially in its real centers of power, the Central Committee and the Politbureaus. .
The measures taken by the Security Police and SD have caused basic changes also in White Ruthenia in regard to the Jewish question. In order to bring the Jews under an effective control, independent of the'measures to be taken later, Jewish Councils of Elders were formed, who were responsible to the Security Police and the SD for the behavior of their racial comrades. Besides, the registration of the Jews was initiated and they were concentrated in ghettos. Finally the Jews had to wear yellow insignia in front and on their back to be recognized, in the manner of the Jewish star introduced in the territory of the Reich. In order to utilize Jewish labor fully the Jews were generally used for uniform employment and for clearing up operations.
With these measures the foundation was laid for the later intended final solution of the European Jewish problem, for the White Ruthenian territory as well.
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Berlin, 22 January 1943
The Chief of the Security Police and of the Security Service, Command Staff
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Reports from the occupied Eastern territories No. 38
Only for personal information.
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The Reich Defense Commissioner for the Reich Gau Vienna
Received 26 January 1943 Z-RV-K 1320/2/61/43 secret^ In inquiries please refer to above number.
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In the last few weeks altogether four large scale drives were started in the White Ruthenian territory, with utilization of active SS or Police regiments. The reconnaissance for these drives was carried out by commando units of the Security Police and of the Security Service:
1. Operation Munich ["Muenchen"] in the territory North of RADOSCHKOWITSCHI. The guerrillas had a total of 63 dead during the battle; 6 prisoners could be taken. There were no losses on our side. The booty in cattle, grain, food, weapons, and ammunition was considerable. Altogether 14 camps of the guerrillas were destroyed.
Booty:
1 mortar
15 light machine guns 295 rifles
5 machine pistols 9 pistols 1 automatic rifle 141 hand grenades
46,000 rounds infantry ammunition
in addition large amounts of hay and straw.
78 -kilograms of explosives 2 telescopes 1 compass 274 sledges 265 hides 10 cw linseed 10 cw hemp 265 cubic meters wood
One camp as well
1,308 persons were seized for The following were secured: 1,560 sheep 459 tons of corn
as 18 shelters were destroyed, labor mobilization in the Reich.
395 horses 2,803 head of cattle 572 pigs
Our own losses: 6 dead, 17 wounded. 4 members of the Security Police received the Iron Cross second class [EK. 2] for outstanding service.
Berlin, 12 February 1943
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Received on 27 February 1943 Z-RV-K 1320/2/188/43/secret^ [stamp:] Secret!
Reports from the occupied Eastern territories No. 41
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Fighting against guerillas in the sphere of the commandants of the Security Police and of the Security Service in White Ruthenia. Concerning the operation "Harvest Thanksgiving I" [Erntefest I"] the following final report is at hand: Operation "Harvest Thanksgiving I" West of TSCHERWEN—OSSIPOWITSCHI— on point of juncture rear army area and White Ruthenia finished. Own forces utilized: 11 Police—and Protective Battalions [Schutzmannschaftsbataillone] and 3 Security Service commando units.
Total result: 805 or armed enemy killed, of whom 2 were officers and 2 commissioners. 1,165 persons received special treatment, because they took sides with the guerrillas, 34 prisoners were brought in.
2. Operation Nürnberg East of Lake BONIN. The guerrillas lost 168 dead during the battle. Our own losses: 1 dead and 1 wounded. Here, too, the booty in equipment and food supplies was great.
3. Operation Hamburg in the territory of SLONIM. This was the greatest success until now in the White Ruthenian territory. The information of the reconnaissance units of the Security Police and of the Security Service was so exact that every camp was found. In numerous battles 1,676 bandits were killed. Furthermore, 1,510 persons suspected of belonging to the guerrillas [bandenverdaechtig] were shot. Among the very great booty there were 4 tanks and 8 guns, or antitank guns. The amount of cattle and grain is almost inestimable. Furthermore, in the communities which were within the territory of the drive 2,658 Jews as well as 30 gypsies were taken [wurden gestellt]. Our own losses: 7 dead and 18 wounded.
4. Operation Altona in the territory KOSSOW-BYTEN. This drive was aimed at a larger group of guerrillas which had broken through to the South during the operation Hamburg. The reconnaissance was carried out by the commando units of the Security Police during the period of the operation. The guerrilla band lost 97 dead in battle. Furthermore, in this area 785 persons suspected of belonging to a band [bandenverdachtig] were shot and 126 Jews and 24 gypsies were taken [wuden gestellt]. The
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booty in cattle and food was considerable, and in weapons and ammunition not very great. There were no losses on our side.
Berlin, 19 March 1943
The Chief of the Security Police and of the Security Service, Command Staff
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The Reich Defense Commissioner for the Reich Gau Vienna
Received on 23 March 1943 Z-RV-K 262/43 secret ' 1320/2
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Reports from the occupied Eastern territories No. 46 Only for personal information. In inquiries please refer to the above number.
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Guerrilla activity in the sphere of the commandant of the Security Police and the Security Service of White Ruthenia
During the period from 8 to 26 February 1943 the operation "Hornung" was carried out in the PRIPJET—Swamps in the area of MOROCZ — MILEWICZE — LENIN — HRYCZYNO-WICZE — GLOWNY — KANAL — LUGY — HAWRYLCZYCE —BIELICZKOWIECZE. The supporting reconnaissance [Er-kundungs unterlagen] for the operation which took place with strong forces—4 combat teams—was carried on by especially assigned commando units of the Security Police and of the Security Service. Losses of the enemy: 2,219 dead; 7,378 persons who received special treatment; 65 prisoners; 3,300 Jews. Our own losses: dead, 2 Germans, 27 non-Germans [Fremdvoelkische]; wounded: 12 Germans, 26 non-Germans. Booty in weapons and ammunition: 172 rifles; 14 pistols and revolvers; 2 heavy machine guns; 6 light machine guns; 5 machine pistols; 1 gun; 150 hand grenades; 7 heavy mines; large amounts of explosives; 21,173 rounds of infantry ammunition; 500 rounds of pistol ammunition. In agricultural products: 559 horses and colts; 9,578 head of cattle; 844 pigs; 5,700 sheep; 222.8 tons of grain; 13.8 tons of linseed and hemp seed; 2 tons of flax. Miscellaneous: 2 trucks; 185
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PANJE-cars; 205 sledges; 1 dental station and medical material; 3 church bells; various tools and pieces of equipment; 1 war chest with 4,000 Marks in Ukrainian currency. Destroyed: 1,900 houses; 1 weapons maintenance shop; 56 camps (partly fortified); and 1,064 shelters.
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Berlin, 9 April 1943 [Rubber Stamp] Secret ! [Rubber Stamp]
The Reich Defense Commissioner for the Reichsgau Vienna
Received on 15 April 1943 Z-RV-K 333/43 (D) 1300/2 Reports from the Occupied Eastern Territories No. 49
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When making inquiries please refer to above number of report.
Guerrilla Activity in the Command Area of Latvia in February 1943
By the end of January 1943, guerrilla activity in the eastern border areas of Latvia-Lettgallen had increased to such an extent that many inhabitants left their 'property and moved into the interior.
Only when the large scale operation which was prepared under the leadership of SS Obergruppenfuehrer JECKELN went under way in the middle of February, the guerrilla raids diminished.
Among others, commandos of the security police, several battalions of the Latvian police force, one Ukrainian police force battalion, motorized rural police, an antiaircraft combat troop, and several planes took part in the Operation "Winterzauber". By the beginning of March, the area Lipovka—Rosica—Muschina —Schamborovo—Bigosovo and Ustje was cleared of guerrillas and a dead zone 15 kilometers wide had been created at the Russian border.
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Up to that time our own losses amount to: Police Force: 4 killed, 1 seriously wounded,, 4 slightly wounded, 2 missing. Security Battalion: 3 killed, 1 wounded. Losses of the enemy: 137 guerrillas killed in battle, 1,807 guerrillas and their helpers were shot, 51 guerrillas were taken prisoner, more than 2,000 persons whose participation in the activity of the guerrillas could not be established were evacuated from the captured villages and were taken to Camp Salaspils near Riga.
Booty: 527 heads of livestock as well as 55 horses were captured. The booty in arms consists among others of 2 antitank guns, machine guns, rifles, several cases of machine gun and rifle ammunition, 207 hand grenades, and 1 dump of explosives. Three ammunition dumps were blown up, and 83 villages held by the guerrillas were burned down. .
Extracts from reports on Einsatzgruppen actions against Jews and Gypsies in occupied Soviet territory, including confinement in ghettoes, labor, and mass killings, and anti-partisan actions, including executions of sympathizers, seizure of workers for labor in Germany, and destruction of property
Authors
Einsatzgruppen Reports (compiled by RSHA, Berlin)
Security Police (Sicherheitspolizei) and/or Security Service (S.D.)
Date: 01 May 1942
Literal Title: Reports from the occupied Eastern territories. No. 1.
Defendant: Baldur Schirach, von
Total Pages: 20
Language of Text: English
Source of Text: Nazi conspiracy and aggression (Office of United States Chief of Counsel for Prosecution of Axis Criminality. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Government Printing Office, 1946.)
Evidence Code: PS-3943
Citations: IMT (page 10374), IMT (page 10400)
HLSL Item No.: 453119
Trial Issues
Einsatzgruppen operations (IMT, NMT 9) Extermination of the Jews (IMT, NMT 4, 9) Persecution of political, religious, and ethnic ("racial") groups (IMT, NM… Partisan fighters (and commandos), operations against, and treatment of (I… Forced labor and mistreatment of workers in war economy (IMT, NMT 2) Destruction of cities, villages, houses, and farms (etc.), looting of prop…
Document Summary
PS-3943: SD Police reports from the occupied Eastern territories on the extermination of Jews, gipsies and the [Illegible] out of partisans bearing the stamp of the Reich Defense Commissar of [Illegible]
PS-3943: Extracts from weekly reports of the chief of the secret police and the Sd, to the Commissioner for Reich defense in Vienna and others, 1 and 22 May, 26 June 1942, 22 January, 12 february and 12 March 1943: notification of the extermination of Jews and other groups of the population in the Crimea, and actions against partisans with numerous executions in various Russian territories