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5. YUGOSLAV CHILDREN
 
a. Selections from the Evidence of the Prosecution  
 
PARTIAL TRANSLATION OF
DOCUMENT NO-681
PROSECUTION EXHIBIT 390  
 
INSTRUCTIONS FOR EXECUTION OF THE
ACTION AGAINST PARTISANS AND
"OTHER BANDITS" IN
UPPER CARNIOLA AND LOWER STYRIA,
25 JUNE 1942 
 
The Reich Leader SS
The SS Reich Leader's Staff Command  
 
Fuehrer Headquarters 25 June 1942
In 15 copies — 1 copy 
 
Enclosure to diary No. 323/42 Top secret 
 
TOP SECRET 
 
Instructions for execution of the action against partisans
and other bandits in Upper Carniola and Lower Styria 
 
1. The basis for the execution of the entire action is exact reconnaissance of the whole region by the Security Police and the correct estimation of the opponent's organization. Above all it is the task of the Security Police to reconnoiter by all possible ways and means the position of the bands and of single enemy groups, in particular the seats of the band leaders.

2. When the detailed forces will be going into action I deem necessary —

(a) surrounding and cutting off the territory to be cleared up (to be done best by last reserve troops, — Landesschuetzen — reserve battalions and police reserve battalions)

(b) pressing forward by shock troops and special detachments against bands, reconnoitered beforehand by the Security Police, and their destruction in battle,

(c) pursuing of those scattered groups by single reconnaissance units and chasing of the bandits until annihilation.

(d) punitive action against villages guilty of supporting the bands.

3. The action has to prevent from doing further harm all elements having supported the bands of their own free will by men, provisions, arms, and shelter. The men of a guilty family, in many cases of the whole clan are to be executed on principle, the women are to be arrested and taken to a concentration camp, the children are to be removed from their homes and concentrated

 
 
 
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