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LetterfromGeneralkommisarforWhiteRussia,WilhelmKube,
toReichkommisarfortheOstland,Lohse,31July1942.'TheGood
OldDays'E.Klee,W.Dressen,V.Riess,TheFreePress,NY,
1988,p.180181:
DuringthecourseofextensivediscussionswithSSBrigadefhrer
ZennerandtheverycompetentLeiteroftheSD,SS
ObersturmbannfhrerDr.Strauch,itwasestablishedthatwehave
liquidatedabout55,000Jewsinthepasttenweeks...
NaturallytheSDandIwouldprefertoeliminatetheJewsinthe
GeneralbezirkofwhiteRussiaonceandforallassoonastheJews
arenolongerneededbytheWehrmachtforeconomicreasons.For
thetimebeing,theWehrmacht'srequirements,astheprinciple
employerofJewishlabor,arebeingtakenintoaccount.
ReportNo.51ofReichsfhrerSSHeinrichHimmlertoHitler
aboutmassexecutionsintheeast,1942.TrialsofWarCriminals
BeforetheNuernbergMilitaryTribunalsWashington,U.SGovt.
Print.Off.,19491953,Vol.XIII,p.269272:
Augus Septembe Octobe Novembe
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r
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Prisonersexecuted 2,100
1,400 1,596
2,731

afterinterrogation
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.
Accomplicesofguerrilla
and
guerrillasuspectsexecuted 1,198
.
.
Jewsexecuted 31,246
.
.
Villagesandlocalities
Burneddownordestroyed
35

3,020

6,333

3,706

165,282 95,735

70,948

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LetterfromSSMajorGeneralStahleckertoSSGeneralHeydrich,
January31,1942.TheFinalSolution:TheAttempttoExterminate
theJewsofEurope,19391945G.Reitlinger,SouthBrunswick,
T.Yosellof,1968,p.233:
ThecompleteremovalofJewryfromtheeasternterritorieshas
beensubstantiallyattained,withtheexceptionofWhiteRussia,as
aresultoftheexecutionuptothepresenttimeof229,052Jews.
DailysituationreportoftheEinsatzgruppen(specialtaskforces)
inRussia,No.124,October25th,1941.TheFinalSolution:The
AttempttoExterminatetheJewsofEurope,19391945G.
Reitlinger,SouthBrunswick,T.Yosellof,1968,p.133:
Asecondactionconsistedinapplyingspecialtreatmentto812men
andwomen,allpersonswithoutinterestfromtheracialand
intellectualpointofview.

OrderbyReichskommissarHinrichLohsetohaltthekillingof
Jewishskilledworkers,December21941.Documentsonthe
HolocaustEditedbyY.Arad,Y.Gutman,A.Margaliot,NY,
KtavPub.HouseinAssociationwithYadVashem,1981,p.396:
ReichskommissarforOstlandRiga,December21941IIadiaryNo.
220/41g
TheChiefQuartermaster(Chiefintendant)oftheWehrmacht
CommandinOstlandhaslodgedacomplaintthatarmamentplants
andrepairworkshopshavebeendeprivedofJewishskilled
workersthroughtheirliquidation,andthattheycannotbereplaced
thereatthepresenttime.
IrequestmostemphaticallythattheliquidationofJewsemployed
asskilledworkersinarmamentplantsandrepairworkshopsofthe
Wehrmachtwhocannotbereplacedbylocalpersonnelbe
prevented.
EreignismeldungUdSSR,No.101,October21941.'TheGood
OldDays'E.Klee,W.Dressen,V.Riess,TheFreePress,NY,
1988,p.67:
EinsatzgruppenCStandortKiev
IncollaborationwiththegroupstaffandtwoKommandosof
PoliceRegimentSouth,on29and30September1941,
Sonderkommando4aexecuted33,771JewsinKiev.
EreignismeldungUdSSR,No.128,November31941.'TheGood
OldDays'E.Klee,W.Dressen,V.Riess,TheFreePress,NY,
1988,p.68:
InKiev,difficultiesthataroseduringtheexecutionofamajor
actionofthistypeparticularlywithregardtoregistrationwere
overcomebytheuseofpostersannouncingthatallJewswereto
reportforresettlement.Althoughitwasinitiallythoughtthatthe

actionwouldonlyinvolve5,000to6,000Jews,morethan30,000
Jewsreported,whoasaresultofextremelyefficientorganization
stillbelievedtheyweregoingtoberesettledrightupuntilthetime
theywereexecuted.
Despitethatfactthatuptonowatotalofsome75,000Jewshave
beenliquidatedinthisway,ithasneverthelessbecomeapparent
thatthismethodwillnotprovideasolutiontotheJewishproblem.
ReportfromChiefofSecurityPoliceandSD,June171942.Nazi
ConspiracyandAggressionWashington,U.SGovt.Print.Off.,
1946,SupplementA,p.661:
TheJewsintheCrimea...Alreadyin1939,outof65,000Jewsin
theCrimea,44,000(thatisalmost70percent)liveinthecitiesof
Simferopol,Sevastopol,Kertch,Jewpatoria,Yalta,andFeodosia
alone.....OftheKrimtschaks(approx.6,000)whoweregenerally
countedtobeJews,abouthalflivedforthegreaterpartin
Simferopol(2,500)andinKarasubarsar.Theirannihilation
togetherwiththatoftherealJewsandtheGypsiesintheCrimea
tookplaceessentiallyuntilthebeginningofDecember1941.
WeeklyreportfromHansFrank's[Governorofoccupied
Poland]propagandadepartment,October26,1942.TheFinal
Solution:TheAttempttoExterminatetheJewsofEurope,1939
1945G.Reitlinger,SouthBrunswick,T.Yosellof,1968,p.283:
TheresettlementofJews(whichpartlyassumesformsnotworthy
ofaculturedpeople)directlyprovokescomparisonofthemethods
oftheGestapowiththoseoftheGPU.Therailwaywagonsaresaid
tobeinsuchabadstatethatitisimpossibletopreventJews
breakingout.Theresultisthatatwaysidestationsthereoccurwild
shootingsandregularmanhunts.Itisalsoreportedthatcorpsesof
shotJewslieonthestreetsfordays.AlthoughtheReichGermans,

aswellastheforeignpopulation,areconvincedofthenecessityof
liquidatingallJews,itwouldstillbemoreappropriatetocarrythis
outinamannerthatcauseslesssensationandoffense.
OrderofBoehme,CommandingGeneralSerbia,October101941,
RegardingExecutionsofHostages.TrialsofWarCriminalsBefore
theNuernbergMilitaryTribunalsWashington,U.SGovt.Print.
Off.,19491953,Vol.XI,p.977:
2.InallgarrisontownsinSerbiaallCommunists,maleresidents
suspectedassuch,allJews,acertainnumberofnationalisticand
democraticallyinclinedresidentsaretobearrestedashostages,by
meansofsuddenaction....
3.IflossesofGermansoldiersorethnicGermansoccur,the
territoriallycompetentcommandersuptotheregimental
commandersaretodecreetheshootingofarresteesaccordingto
thefollowingquotas:
a.ForeachkilledormurderedGermansoldierorethnicGerman
(man,womanorchild)100prisonersorhostages.
b.ForeachwoundedGermansoldierorethnicGerman,50
prisonersorhostages.
Theshootingsaretobecarriedoutbythetroops.
OrderofCommandingGeneralinSerbia,October41941,
orderingmassexecutionofconcentrationcampinmatesforthe
killingof21GermanSoldiers.TrialsofWarCriminalsBeforethe
NuernbergMilitaryTribunalsWashington,U.SGovt.Print.Off.,
19491953,Vol.XI,p.976:
TwentyonesoldiersweretorturedtodeathbyCommunistbandits
inabestialmanneron2Octoberinasurpriseattackonunitsofthe
signalregimentbetweenBelgradeandObrenovac.Asreprisaland
retaliation,100Serbianprisonersaretobeshotatonceforeach

murderedGermansoldier.TheChiefoftheMilitaryadministration
isrequestedtopickout2,100inmatesintheconcentrationcamp
SabacinBelgrade(primarilyJewsandCommunists)andtofixthe
timeandplaceaswellasburialplace.

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