Introduction
An explicit directive issued by Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler transmitted via radio signal to SS Cavalry Regiment 2 on August 1, 1941 set out how the unit was to deal with Jews in its operational area. The order stated that “all [male] Jews must be shot” and that “Jewish women are to be driven into the swamps”.
Document
Radio signal dated August 1, 1941
1/1
Reitende Abteilung
1.8.41.
SS-Kav.Rgt. 2
Ausdrücklicher Befehl des RF-SS.
Sämtliche Juden müssen erschossen werden. Judenweiber in die Sümpfe treiben.
a.B.
SS-Ostuf. und Adjutant.
Mounted Detachment
1 August 1941
SS Cavalry Regiment 2
Explicit order of the RF-SS.
All Jews must be shot.
Jewish women are to be driven into the swamps.
By order
SS-Ostuf. and Adjutant.
Archivial reference:
BArch RS 3-8/36, p. 214