Directives given by Walther von Brauchitsch, the Oberbefehlshaber des Heeres (Supreme Commander of the Land Forces), regarding the activities of the Sicherheitspolizei-SIPO (Security Police) and the Sicherheitsdienst-SD (Security Service) units alongside the Wehrmacht units during the occupation of the Soviet Union, April 1941
Directives given to the Sonderkommando and the Einsatzgruppen:
Sonderkommando units:
- Functions of the Sonderkommando in the combat areas:
Capture of property, archives and documentation belonging to organizations; capture of people of special importance (leading emigres or...
Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Various orders issued by Wehrmacht commanders taken from Nuremberg Trial documentation regarding Wehrmacht treatment of Jews, POWs, partisans and the local population in areas of the Soviet Union
Also in the file:
- Communication issued by Von Brauchitsch regarding an agreement between the Wehrmacht and SIPO (Security Police) about cooperation with the Einsatzgruppen (Document NOKW-2080), 28 April 1941;
- Communication issued by Walter Schellenberg from the RSHA (Reich Main Security Office) regarding exploitation of labor power of the populations in the countries occupied by...