Text: English     The Stroop Report: The Warsaw Ghetto Is No More
		Wehrmacht: 1 10-cm-Howitzer 1/7 1 Flame thrower 1 Engineers 2/16 Medical detachments 1/1 3 2.28-cm A.A. Guns 2/24 1 French tank of the Waffen-SS 2 heavy armored cars of the Waffen-SS Total 31/1262 I put Major of Police Sternagel in command of today's operations subject to my further instructions if necessary. At 0700 hrs. 9 raiding parties were formed, each 1/36 strong, consisting of mixed units, to comb out and to search the remainder of the Ghetto intensively. This search is still in progress; its first objective will be completed by 1100 hrs. In the meantime it has been ascertained that part of the Ghetto which is no longer inhabited but not yet released and which contains several armament factories and the like, there are several centers of resistance, which were so strong that the tank could not go through. 2 raiding parties defeated these centers of resistance and made a passage for the tank men. In this operation we already had two wounded (Waffen-SS). Enemy is much more cautious than yesterday, since he has of course learned of the heavy arms at our disposal. My intention is first to comb out completely the remainder of the Ghetto and then to clean out in the same manner the so-called uninhabited Ghetto, which so far has not been released. It had been ascertained in the meantime that the latter part of the Ghetto contains at least 10 to 12 dugouts, some of which are even in armament factories. The whole operation is made more difficult because there are still factories in the Ghetto which must be protected against bombardment and fire, because they contain machines and tools. A further report will follow tonight. The SS and Police Fuehrer in the District of Warsaw. /s/ Stroop SS-Brigadefuehrer and Majorgeneral of Police. Certified copy: SS-Sturmbannfuehrer.
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