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are especially necessary in territories
endangered by the activity of partisan bands. The competence of the
Security Police within the zone of operations is based on the
'Barbarossa' decrees." The Tribunal will recall the famous
"Barbarossa" code-name decrees that were issued in
connection with the invasion of Russia "I deem the
measures of the Security Police, carried out on a considerable scale
during recent times, necessary for the two following reasons: "
1. The situation at the front in my sector had become so serious that
the population, partly influenced by Hungarians and Italians who were
streaming back in confusion, were openly opposing us.
"2. The strong expeditions by partisan bands, coming chiefly
from the forest of Bryansk, were another reason. Besides that, other
partisan groups formed from the population were appearing like
mushrooms in all districts. The procurement of arms evidently provided
no difficulties at all. It would have been inexcusable if we had
observed this whole activity without taking measures against it. It is
obvious that all such measures are accompanied by severity.
"I want to take up the significant points of these severe
measures:
"1) The shooting of Hungarian Jews; 2) the shooting of
agriculturalists; 3) the shooting of children; 4) the burning to the
ground of villages; 5)" the shooting, quoting "while
trying to escape, of Security Service (SD) prisoners.
"Chief of Einsatz Group C confirmed once more the suitability of
the measures executed and expressed his appreciation for the drastic
steps taken. In consideration of the current political situation,
especially in the armament industry in the fatherland, the measures of
the Security Police are to be subordinated to the greatest extent to
the recruiting of labor for Germany. In the shortest possible time the
Ukraine has to place at the disposal of the armament industry 1
million workers, 500 of whom have to be sent from our territory daily."
If Your Honor pleases, I believe the numbers have been quoted before by
Mr. Dodd. I refer on the next page to the first order, in 1 and 2
Subparagraphs:
"1. Special treatment is to be kept
to a minimum.
"2. The listing of communist functionaries, activists, and so
on, is to take place only by roster for the time being, without
arrests. It is, for instance, no longer feasible to arrest all the
close relatives of a member of the Communist Party.
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