Operational Situation Report USSR No. 136
The Chief of the Security Police and the SD Berlin,
November
21, 1941
60 copies
5st copy
Einsatzgruppen A
The advance unit of Einsatzgruppe A continued
their security measures and activities as security police.
As a result of an investigation in the area around Krasnoye Selo, which took
place from October 18 to 28, 1941, 70 suspicious persons were arrested and
thoroughly interrogated. Seven persons were convicted of being members of
partisan groups and of the Communist Party, as well as for participating in
acts of sabotage. They confessed and were executed. The remainder of the
arrested persons was released. The provisional mayor appointed by the local
military commander in Krasnoye Selo and some of his assistants were
objectionable from a political point of view. With the agreement of the
local military commander, they were discharged and the two of them were
executed, since they had previously been active in the Communist Party, In
all, 118 persons were executed in the period October 24 to November 5, 1941,
31 of these because of their activities as agents.
Einsatzgruppen D
Location: Simferopol
General remarks
The Kommandos of Einsatzgruppe D are proceeding in two main directions, Two
commandos are proceeding via Taganrog, Rostov, and Stalino in the direction
of the northern Caucasus. Two Kommandos are assigned to the Crimea. As far
as the kommando is concerned proceeding in the direction of the northern
Caucasus, the Jewish problem has been solved. The cities of Mariupol and
Taganrog are free from Jews. In the cities of the Crimea, actions are in
preparation.
In Mariupol, 60 persons who were active Communists were liquidated. 26
corpses of men who had been killed by the NKVD were exhumed, made available
for an inquest, and publicly buried.
In Taganrog, it was learned that plans had been made to set up
communications with the Reds with carrier-pigeons. In Taganrog, 20 Communist
officials were liquidated. Ten of them were shot publicly in accordance with
martial law.
Sources: NARA Translations by Hermann Feuer
Copyright: H.E.A.R.T 2008 |