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Subject: Report to the Führer about fight against gangs
Report No. 51
Southern Russia, Ukraine, Bialystok
Successes in fight against gangs from 1st October until 1st December 1942

1.) Bandits:
 a) Casualties in fights (x)
     August    September    October    November    total
      227          381        427         302       1337
 b) Prisoners executed immediately
      125          282         87         243        737
 c) Prisoners executed after thorough interrogation
     2100         1400       1596        2731       7828
2.) Bandit accomplices and suspects
 a) arrested
     1342         3078       8337        3795      16553
 b) executed
     1198         3020       6333        3706      14257
 c) Jews executed
    31246       165282      95735       70948     363211
3.) Turncoats thanks to German propaganda
       21           14         42          63        140

(x) The number of casualties are to be considered much higher,
because the Russians carry off their fallen or bury them immediately.

Source: Trials of War Criminals Before the Nuernberg Military Tribunals - Washington, U.S Govt. Print. Off., 1949-1953, Vol. XIII, p. 269-272. See also: Hitler and the Final Solution, G. Fleming, University of California Press, Berkeley, 1984, pp.92-93.

This document is presented as evidence of the complicity and approval of Adolf Hitler, regarding the murders that took place during the Holocaust.

See also: Holocaust denial

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