STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1789, sig. 109-5/17

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4a 8 A gang shot a four-wheeler with an MG on 9/9/194l, the two 4-wheelers and a Pol. guardmaster were injured. The Pol. watchmaster was killed in injuries. On 31.8.194l about 14 soldiers of the International Biblical Research Society invaded the government building to bring down the Reichsdienstflagge and raise the white flag. In this attack, I1 people were arrested and 2 were shot on the run. On 9 September 1994 a German soldier was found in seriously injured condition in the district of Bielsk, which was apparently attacked by Russians. The immediate search of the area was unsuccessful. Execution was carried out to combat gang crime. Since 18.9.1941, about 20,000 Jews from the Bialystok ghetto have been evacuated to the city of Pruzana, whose population consists largely of Jews. For this purpose, part of the Polish population will be relocated from this city to Biaystok. This action will be completed at the end of October. During the same period, the remaining ll2 villages with about 1 000 inhabitants are liberated in the Bialowiçzer forest, which then resulted in a total of 340oo people being displaced from this area. 64799 When the ghetto was searched in Bialystok, large quantities of materials and utility goods were confiscated and transferred to the central camp of the city, which apparently resulted from looting. The war equipment, such as weapons, ammunition, gas masks and clothing items of all kinds, was supplied to the loot camps in large numbers by the police forces in the Reg. district. Losses, accidents, sick people: Losses: 1 Pol. guard fell by snipers, 4 Pol.-wachtm. died of diseases. Accidents: 1 pol.-wachtm. slightly injured by hand grenades. Sick: 20 Pol.-Wachtmeister. Representing: ouhar - Distributor: