Your Attractive Heading On March 22, 1944, State Police office in Tilsit sent a report to the Commander of the Security Police and SD in Kaunas. The report concerns a group of Jewish forced laborers in Ponevezh who had escaped from a work detail of District Commissioner in Ponevezh. According to the document, "approximately 50 Jews in Ponevezys fled from external labor, and that all but 15 Jews were recaptured and could be given special treatment", i.e. they were killed.
Your Attractive Heading On 27 August 1941, a radio message from the Higher SS and Police Leader South recorded the on-set of one of the largest mass shootings of Jews during the early phase of the Holocaust in the occupied Soviet territories. Under “activities,” the notes that Police Battalion 320, together with a detachment of the staff company, was in Kamenets-Podolsky carrying out a “Sonderaktion,” or “special action.” Under "successes, the report states that the "Special Action Staff with Police Battalion 320 shot 4,200 Jews."
Your Attractive Heading Letter dated 17 February 1942 by the District Commissioner of Vilnius county reminded the Local Administrative Head in Nemenčinė "to submit to me without delay the report of completion regarding my order of 12 December 1941 concerning the fencing of the sites of Jewish liquidation".
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1944-03-22 / Jewish Prisoners Escaped from Panevėžys: “were recaptured and could be given special treatment”
On March 22, 1944, State Police office in Tilsit sent a report to the Commander of the Security Police and SD in Kaunas. The report concerns a group of Jewish forced laborers in Ponevezh who had escaped from a work detail of
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1941-08-27 / Radio Message on the Massacre at Kamenets-Podolsky: “Special Action Staff with Police Battalion 320 shot 4,200 Jews”
On 27 August 1941, a radio message from the Higher SS and Police Leader South recorded the on-set of one of the largest mass shootings of Jews during the early phase of the Holocaust in the occupied Soviet territories. Under “activities,” the
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1942-02-17 / “Fencing of the Sites of Jewish liquidation”: Letter from the District Commissioner of Vilnius County
Letter dated 17 February 1942 by the District Commissioner of Vilnius county reminded the Local Administrative Head in Nemenčinė "to submit to me without delay the report of completion regarding my order of 12 December 1941 concerning the fencing of the sites
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1942-04-05 / German Army in Mariampol (Lithuania): Reinforce “Jewish Graves With an Additional Covering of Earth”
Medical Services Report issued by the Ortskommandantur in Mariampol (Lithuania) on 5 April 1942. the report notes the need to reinforce "the Jewish graves at the edge of the barracks grounds with an additional covering of earth, because runoff from precipitation and
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1944-01-13 / Security Police Kovno Situation Report: “64 Laborers Deployed At Fort IX As Part Of Operation 1005 B Broke Out”
Situation report dated 13 January 1944 from the Commander of the Security Police and SD in Kovno. According to the report, on 25 December 1943, "64 laborers deployed at Fort IX as part of Operation 1005 B broke out". Subsequent search operations
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Willi Lenz (1894–1945): The “Doctor” of Kulmhof
Willi Lenz, a Schutzpolizei officer born in 1894, was one of the most brutal perpetrators at the Kulmhof (Chełmno) extermination camp. Known as the “Doctor,” he supervised forced laborers in the forest camp, personally shot those who were exhausted or survived the