Text: English     The Stroop Report: The Warsaw Ghetto Is No More
		Copy. Teletype message From: The SS and Police Fuehrer in the District of Warsaw Warsaw, 9 May 1943. Ref. No.: I ab/St/Gr-1607 Journal Nr. 625/43 secret. Re: Large-scale Ghetto operation. To: The Higher SS and Police Fuehrer East, SS-Obergruppen- fuehrer and General of Police Krüger or deputy. Cracow Progress of large-scale operation on 9 May 1943, start 1000 hours. The operation carried out today had the following result: The raiding parties at work today discovered 42 dug-outs. From these dug-outs we pulled out alive 1,037 Jews and bandits. In battle 319 bandits and Jews were shot, moreover an uncertain number were destroyed when the dug-outs were blown up. The block of buildings which formerly contained the "Transavia" concern was destroyed by fire; in this operation we again caught a number of Jews, although this block had been combed through several times. Again we captured some pistols and hand grenades. Our strength:    Used in operation:   German Police 4/103     Security Police 2/12     Engineers 3/67     Waffen SS 13/547   Cordoning Forces: Day Night   German Police 1/87 1/36   Waffen SS — 1/300   Trawniki 160 —   Polish Police 1/160 1/160         Our losses: None.   The total of Jews caught up to date has risen to 51,313. Outside the former Ghetto 254 Jews and bandits were shot. Termination of operation: 2100 hours, will be continued on 10 May 1943, 1000 hours. The SS and Police Fuehrer in the District of Warsaw. Signed: Stroop SS-Brigadefuehrer and Major general of Police. Certified copy: SS-Sturmbannfuehrer.
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