English Translation

= 7 - 10 As a result of its well-organized execution, the whole of Unternchmen had become a complete success. Jnssgesant were completely shattered and rubbed up by about a dozen bandits, including three groups of gangs with an average strength of 25o - 3oo men. These were indeed unactive bandits who, according to Stalin's instructions, were the so-called 2. The latter was absolutely not necessary, because we have managed to cope with this society on our own and will continue to deal with it. In addition, several forest camps were found and destroyed, as well as many weapons among them light guns, Paks, sMGs. and all the other lighter weapons to abundant extent. Our Batl. had the satisfaction that Colonel Wora, our then Regt.Kdr., had acknowledged the Major General Richert. about our operation and this our Kdr . On the same evening we were back in Orsha and were now hoping to have some rest after these 3 weeks of uninterrupted operation, but," the Mesh thinks and ----. directs the division! We were not yet 2 days in Orsh, as we, i.e. the whole Batl., suddenly to a one-day operation after a 2o km. from Orsha away forest were ordered to search for this bandit, who was supposed to be hidden there.° Departure succeed and 2.oo o'clock in the morning, return around 2l.60 o' clock, because this forest complex was considerably large. Of course nothing was found. Thank God we had had nice weather, because it is a very unpleasant matter to have to search a forest in rainy weather. Jm Unternchen "Adler" we had enough to get to know that. After this search, which was finished at 13.oo Unr, we were set up after a short meal break to search for a village, in which indeed bandits had been hidden, but could still flee in time, so that unfortunately we had seen the search. The houses of the peasants, who had granted these bandits a shelter, were burned down, while the sane families were shot down, including the woman and child. It may sound hard, but it is a necessary measure - approach, otherwise we would not prevail at all. When we arrived in Orscha around 2l.oo o'clock, we were very tired, and the last 3 weeks were still in our bones.