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PARTIAL
TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENT NO-681 PROSECUTION EXHIBIT 390
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INSTRUCTIONS FOR
EXECUTION OF THE ACTION AGAINST PARTISANS AND
"OTHER BANDITS" IN UPPER CARNIOLA AND LOWER STYRIA, 25 JUNE
1942 |
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The Reich Leader SS The SS
Reich Leader's Staff Command |
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Fuehrer
Headquarters 25 June 1942 In 15 copies 1 copy |
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Enclosure to diary No. 323/42 Top
secret |
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TOP
SECRET |
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Instructions
for execution of the action against partisans and other bandits in Upper
Carniola and Lower Styria |
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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 |