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| [vil...] -lagers helped the partisans in such a way, the whole village was burned down as punishment and in order to create terror. | |
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| Escaped Red Army soldiers who
have found their way through the German lines procure civilian clothes as
quickly as possible and get in touch with partisans. It has been ascertained
that these Red Army soldiers form the fighting backbone of the partisan units.
It does not seem, therefore, expedient to treat Red Army members found in
civilian clothing as prisoners of war and to collect them in prisoner-of-war
camps. But an interrogation and survey has to be carried out as thoroughly as
possible. It has further to be considered in each and every case, whether Red
Army members found in civilian clothes should be separated from regular
prisoners of war, and should be brought into the assembly camps for civilian
internees. Furthermore, it seems expedient to advise escaped Red Army soldiers
through posters to give themselves up at the nearest army unit within a short
time after the posting of such posters, say within 3 days. Should they not
comply with this order they should be dealt with as partisans; that means they
should be shot without making such exception dependent on proof that they
actually knew of the order. To conclude, attention should be drawn to the necessity of interrogating captured partisans thoroughly before they are liquidated so that we increase our knowledge on organization, abode, strength, armament, and plans of the partisans. Sometimes it may become necessary to take advantage of the opportunity to use third degree interrogation methods. |
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| [Signed] DR.
STAHLECKER SS Brigadier General |
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| PARTIAL
TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENT NO-2825 PROSECUTION EXHIBIT 59 |
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| EXTRACTS FROM
SITUATION REPORT U.S.S.R. NO. 133, 14 NOVEMBER 1941 |
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| The Chief of Security Police and the Security Service | |
| Berlin, 14 November 1941 | |
| Journal No. IV A 1 — 1 B/41 — Top Secret | |
| [stamp] Top Secret! | |
| 60 copies 57th copy |
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| Situation Report U.S.S.R. No. 133 | |
| I. Locations and information
channels The locations and information channels reported in Situation |
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