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| north of Crimea, there are no more Jews, Krimchaks, and gypsies in this territory. Wherever they have been able to camouflage themselves as individuals by means of false passes etc., they will be recognized anyway, sooner or later, as experiences of the past weeks have proved. | |
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| Inhabitants of the village of
Laki near Bakhchisarai were in constant contact with partisan groups; they gave
them billets at night and supplied them with food. On 23 March a penal action
against this village produced such huge quantities of food that the partisans
would have been able to live on this until the next harvest. The 15 main
participants, among them the mayor, were shot, all inhabitants were evacuated
and the village was burned down. In the second half of March a total of 1,501 people were executed. Among these were 588 Jews, 405 Communists, 247 partisans, and 261 asocial people including gypsies. Total number shot up to date, 91,678 |
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| TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENT 2273-PS* PROSECUTION EXHIBIT 36 |
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| EXTRACT FROM DRAFT OF MEMORANDUM BY EINSATZGRUPPE A, CONCERNING LIQUIDATION OF JEWS | |
| Draft | |
| Top Secret | |
| Einsatzgruppe A | |
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| III | |
| Jews | |
| The systematic mopping up of the eastern territories embraced, in accordance with the basic orders, the complete removal, if possible, of Jewry. This goal has been substantially attained — with the exception of White Russia — as a result of the execution up to the present time of 229,052 Jews. The remainder still left in the Baltic Provinces is urgently required as labor and housed in ghettos. | |
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* For more complete translation of document, see Nazi Conspiracy and Aggression, vol. IV. pp. 944-949, U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington, 1946.
