Text: English     International Military Tribunal "Blue Series," Vol. 4, p. 478
		7 Jan. 46 COL. TAYLOR: Until what date did you remain Higher SS and Police Leader for central Russia? VON DEM BACH-ZELEWSKI: I was Higher SS and Police Leader for central Russia until the end of 1942, with occasional interruptions when I was at the front and with one interval of about 6 months when I had an illness. At the end of 1942 I was appointed Chief of Anti-Partisan Combat Units. COL. TAYLOR: Was this position of Chief of Anti-Partisan Combat Units created specially for you? VON DEM BACH-ZELEWSKI: Yes. COL. TAYLOR: To whom were you directly subordinate in this new capacity? VON DEM BACH-ZELEWSKI: Heinrich Himmler. COL. TAYLOR: Were your functions in this new capacity restricted to any particular part of the Eastern Front? VON DEM BACH-ZELEWSKI: No. My sphere of activity comprised the entire Eastern zone. COL. TAYLOR: What was the general nature of your duties as Chief of Anti-Partisan Combat Units? VON DEM BACH-ZELEWSKI: First of all, I had to establish an intelligence center at Himmler's headquarters to which all reports in connection with partisan activities were dispatched, where they were evaluated, and then forwarded to the competent authorities. COL. TAYLOR: In the course of your duties did you confer with the commanders of army groups and armies on the Eastern Front? VON DEM BACH-ZELEWSKI: With the commanders of the army groups, not of the armies, and with the district commanders of the Wehrmacht. COL. TAYLOR: Did you advise these commanders with respect to the methods which should be employed to combat partisans? VON DEM BACH-ZELEWSKI: Yes. COL. TAYLOR: Will you name some of the commanders with whom you personally conferred? VON DEM BACH-ZELEWSKI: I am quoting from memory, without giving a complete list: General of Cavalry Bremer, Wehrmacht commander in the East; General Meld Marshal Küchler, commanding general of Army Group North; the commanding generals of Army Group Center, Kluge and Busch; the Wehrmacht commander in the Ukraine, General of the Luftwaffe Kitzinger; General Field Marshal Freiherr von Weichs, commanding general in Serbia, at Belgrade; and General Külgler, Wehrmacht commander in the Trieste area. 478
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