. NMT04-T0184
Volume IV · Page 184
| Einsatzgruppe B Location: Smolensk. |
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| Einsatzgruppe C Location: Kiev. Activity of the Bandera movement in the district of Zhitomir |
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| Bandera movement in Zaparozhe. |
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| General Situation in Zaporozhe. |
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| Security Police Measures of the
Einsatzkommando The number of executions carried out by Sonderkommando 4 amounted on 9 November 1941 to 57,243. On 7 November 1941, a Teilkommando of the SK 4 shot 385 Jews in Gornostaipol, according to martial law. These Jews had, for the greater part, been driven together into G. from the surrounding villages. On its way back to Kiev, the same Kommando shot 120 Jews in Dymer and 30 Jews in Oster in the same day. This action was carried out in cooperation with the Wehrmacht offices without any mishap. Between 31 October 1941 and 5 November 1941 the SK 4b shot a total of 740 persons, according to martial law. Among these were 3 political officials, 1 saboteur, 137 Jews, and 599 mental deficients. This action also was carried out quite smoothly according to the preparations made. The farm which was set free by the shooting of the greater part of the inmates of the insane asylum in Poltava is available, primarily, for the military hospitals there. The underwear, clothing, and other wearing apparel collected on this occasion have also been handed over mainly to the hospitals. The remaining 200 curable inmates are going to be employed on the farm. A Teilkommando of the SK 4b has started clearing out the prison camp at Losovoya. The total figure of persons shot by the Einsatzkommando 5 under martial law was 29,644 as of 10 November 1941. During the period 2 November to 8 November 1941, inclusive, 15 political officials, 21 saboteurs and looters, 10,650 Jews, and 414 hostages were shot by EK 5. The shooting of hostages was carried out in agreement with the town commandant of Kiev as a retribution for increasing cases of arson and sabotage. The town commandant made known to the population the shooting of those hostages by proclamation and, among other things, pointed out that a multiple number of |
