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territories of the Soviet Union during the month of
October 1941. This report states cynically on Page 7:
"Spontaneous demonstrations against
Jewry followed by pogroms on the part of the population against the
remaining Jews have not been recorded on account of the lack of
adequate instructions."
It
shows as clearly as the human eye can see that pacification and
anti-partisan activities became mere code words for the extermination of
Jews just as much as Weserübung was the code word for the invasion
of Norway and Denmark.
We have seen from the documents quoted a few moments ago that the
German Army received some similar policies and directives. It only
remains to show that in the field the Army and the SS worked hand in
glove.
The Tribunal will recall the document quoted by Major Walsh, 1061-PS,
already in evidence as Exhibit USA-275. It describes the destruction of
the Warsaw ghetto; and at this time I merely want to call attention to
one paragraph appearing at Page 6 of the translation, the third
paragraph from the bottom of the page, where the author of the document
stresses the close cooperation between the SS and the Army. I read that
one paragraph and quote:
"The longer the resistance lasted,
the tougher the men of the Waffen-SS, Police, and Wehrmacht became;
they fulfilled their duty indefatigably in faithful comradeship and
stood together as models and examples of soldiers. Their combat duty
often lasted from early morning until late at night. At night search
patrols with rags wound round their feet remained at the heels of the
Jews and gave them no respite. Not infrequently they caught and killed
Jews who used the night hours for supplementing their stores from
abandoned dug-outs and for contacting neighboring groups or exchanging
news with them."
To the same
general effect is R-135, Exhibit USA-289, which is a report dated 5 June
1943 by the German General Commissioner for Minsk. Major Farr read from
this report, describing an antipartisan operation in which 4,500 enemies
were killed: 5,000 suspected partisans and 59 Germans. The cooperation
by the German Army is shown in the following excerpt, and I will begin
reading at the bottom of Page 3 of the translation:
"The figures mentioned above indicate
that again a heavy destruction of the population must be expected. If
only 492 rifles are taken from 4,500 enemy dead, this discrepancy
shows that among these enemy dead were numerous peasants from the
country. The battalion Dirlewanger especially has a reputation for
destroying many human lives. Among the 5,000