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| in hiding for months according to a preconceived plan; some time ago they had shot 3 Latvian auxiliary policemen on duty. On 2 January, at the order of Einsatzgruppe A of the security police and the security service, the village was completely burned down after removal of all foodstuffs, etc., and all the villagers shot. Three hundred one men were publicly shot in the market square of the neighboring town, Rezekne. All these actions were carried out without incident. | |
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| PARTIAL
TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENT NO-2662 PROSECUTION EXHIBIT 13 |
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| LETTER FROM HEYDRICH TO RIBBENTROP, REICH MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, 23 APRIL 1942; EXTRACTS FROM ATTACHED OPERATIONAL SITUATION REPORT U.S.S.R. NO. I I | |
| The Chief of the Security Police
and the Security Service IV A 1 — B No. 24 B/41 Top Secret |
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| Berlin, SW 11,
Prinz-Albrecht-Strasse 8, 23 April 1942 Telephone: Local 120040 Long Distance calls: 126471 |
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| [Stamp]
Foreign Office D II 100, Top Secret Received: 27 April 1942 1 Enclosure |
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| [Stamp] Top Secret |
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| To the Reich Minister of Foreign
Affairs Herr von Ribbentrop Berlin W 8 My dear Reich Minister, I am forwarding to you, herewith, as enclosure the Operational Situation Report No. 11 of the Einsatzgruppen of the Security Police and the Security Service [SD] in the U.S.S.R. for your information. |
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| Heil Hitler!
[Signature] HEYDRICH |
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| [Handwritten note] Special File Russia | |
| [Handwritten] re D
II 100 Top Secret |
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| Office: Reich Ministry of Foreign Affairs | |
| [Stamp] Top Secret | |
