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Mitte], General von Schenkendorff, informs us that the planned use of a VoMi
Special Task Unit cannot take place before 1 September 1942 in view of the
danger of partisan action and in view of riots expected by the removal of
ethnic Germans. Even use after that date will require his express permission. I
consider this decision to be wrong. According to the order of the Reich Leader
SS of 11 July 1941, the ethnic Germans are to be handed and cared for by the
Einsatzkommandos of the VoMi in cooperation with the SD. In particular in view
of the partisan danger threatening the ethnic Germans, I consider the
Einsatzkommandos to be urgently needed and, at the same time, they will relieve
your Einsatzgruppe in ethnic German affairs. The Kommando will be here from 17 to 20 July, ready to march in a strength of 70 men, including drivers, 20 cars, 7 trucks. Kindly contact again the Commanding General of Army Group Area Center with reference to the clear order of the Reich Leader SS and set the deployment of the Einsatzkommando for the end of July. It is understood that the Kommando will cooperate closely with your Einsatzgruppe. |
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| [Signed] DR.
BEHRENDS SS Brigadier General Repatriation Office for Ethnic Germans — Berlin |
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| TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENT NO-4274 PROSECUTION EXHIBIT 442 |
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| LETTER FROM
HIMMLER TO LORENZ, 11 JULY 1941, CONCERNING THE REGISTRATION OF ETHNIC GERMANS IN THE EUROPEAN TERRITORIES OF THE U.S.S.R. |
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| The Reich Leader SS File/363 a/3 |
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| Fuehrer Headquarters, 11 July 1941 | |
| Re: Registration of Ethnic
Germans in the territories of the European U.S.S.R. To the Chief of the Repatriation Office for Ethnic Germans [Volksdeutsche Mittelstelle] SS Major General [SS Gruppenfuehrer] Lorenz Chief of the Security Police and the SD SS Lieutenant General Heydrich, Berlin 1. I authorize the Repatriation Office for Ethnic Germans to take all measures to register the ethnic Germans in the occupied Soviet Union and through the appointment of non-Bolshevist deputies lay the cornerstone for a German leadership. |
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