Operational Situation Report USSR No.10
(July 2, 1941)
The Chief of the Security Police and the SD
Berlin,
July 2, 1941
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Operational Situation Report USSR No. 10
- Einsatzgruppe B (1)
The 17th Army Command has suggested the use first of
all of the anti-Jewish and anti-Communist Poles living in the newly-occupied
areas for self-cleansing activities.
On July 1, 1941 Chief of Security Police and SD issued the following
order to all Einsatzgruppen:
Order No. 2:
Poles residing in the newly-occupied Polish territories may be expected,
on the basis of their experiences, to be anti-Communist and also anti-Jewish.
It is obvious that the cleansing activities have to
extend first of all to the Bolsheviks and the Jews. As for the Polish
intelligensia and others, decisions can be taken later, unless there
is a special reason for taking action in individual cases considered
to be dangerous.
It is therefore obvious that such Poles need not be included in the
cleansing action, especially as they are of great importance as elements
to initiate pogroms and for obtaining information. (This depends, of
course, on local conditions.)
This policy is to be applied, of course, to all similar cases. Einsatzgruppe
staff have arrived on July 1, at 5 am, in Lvov. Office is in the NKVD
central building.
Chief of Einsatzgruppe B reports that Ukrainian insurrection
movements were bloodily suppressed by the NKVD on June 25, 1941 in Lvov.
About 3,000 were shot by NKVD. Prison burning. Hardly 20% of Ukrainian
intelligentsia has remained. Some elements of the Bandera-group (2) under the direction of Stechko and Ravlik have organized a militia force
and a municipal office. The Einsatzgruppe has created a counterbalance
to the Bandera group, a Ukrainian self-policed city administration.
Further measures against the Bandera-group, in particular against Bandera
himself, are in preparation. They will be carried out as soon as possible.
EK 4a and EK 4b with Einsatzgruppe staff have also arrived in Lvov.
- Einsatzgruppe C (3)
- EK 7a
- Location: Vilnius
Confiscation of numerous documents in NKVD Building.
National Lithuanian activists have established city committees after
the German troops marched in. Leader Zakovasius. For the time being,
the committee is recognized by the field commandant. Activists strive
for independence as in Slovakia. They appear to be ready to make sacrifices.
On July 2, 1941, Commander of Einsatzgruppe C and SS-Brigadeführer
Nebe, in coordination with Army Group Center initiated the settlement
of this matter. According to a suggestion of the Einsatzgruppe leader,
Army Group Center issued the following order on June 30, 1941:
"Civilian prisoners have according to our information, been freed
by the Army. They are said to be, at least partially, Soviet political
prisoners. Mostly criminal convicts, they are said to have freed themselves
from another prison. It is requested that the troops be informed that
prisoners are not to be freed. On the contrary, prisoners are to be
secured by the Army until they are taken over by the officers of the
security police. Care should be taken that prisoners do not free themselves
under any circumstances."
EK 7a has initiated arrest actions against Communists
and Jews. There are about 8,000 Jews in Vilnius. Most of the leading
Communists have escaped.
EK 7b still near Pruzhana, will proceed towards Baranovichi.
EK 9 Location: Vilnivs.
On June 30 Vorkommando ordered to Grodno.
After arrival of IX 9, EK 7a is free for Minsk which, according to
reports, is heavily damaged.
(1) Renamed on
July 11th, Einsatzgruppe C.
(2) In original written "Pandora."
(3) Renamed on
July 11th, Einsatzgruppe B.
(The
Einsatzgruppen Reports by Yitzak Arad, Shmuel Krakowski and
Shmuel Spector, editors. p. 2-3)
Source: The
Nizkor Project
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