| 3. EXECUTION OF THE COMMISSAR ORDER |
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PARTIAL TRANSLATION OF
DOCUMENT NOKW-2672 |
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PROSECUTION EXHIBIT 598 |
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| EXTRACT FROM ACTIVITY REPORT NO. 2 OF PANZER GROUP 3. JANUARY-JULY
1941, CONCERNING SPECIAL TREATMENT OF COMMISSARS |
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Panzer Group 3
Department Ic |
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| [Handwritten] Homeland, Russia |
| [Handwritten] seen 25 September 1941. |
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| [Signed] HOTH |
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| The special treatment [Sonderbehandlung] of political commissars by
the troops soon became well known on the Russian side and increased the
resistance. To avoid publicity, special treatment should have been carried out
at first in camps located more in the rear. Also the majority of the captured
Red Army soldiers and officers know of such special treatment. They had been
informed through their own orders and through reports of political commissars
who had escaped from German prison camps. |
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PARTIAL TRANSLATION OF
DOCUMENT NOKW-1449 |
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PROSECUTION EXHIBIT 95 |
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RADIO MESSAGE FROM 61ST INFANTRY DIVISION TO 18TH
ARMY, 26 OCTOBER 1941, CONCERNING THE SHOOTING
OF COMMISSARS |
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| Radio message 61st Infantry Division |
| 26 October 1941 |
| Evening Report |
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[Handwritten] Report to Army Headquarters. Reports made. [Illegible
initial].
Nothing particular to report. 16
commissars shot dead [erschossen]. |
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| 61st Infantry Division--Ic |
| Received by: Pfc. Holt--1430 hours. |
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