A SOCIETY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1787, sig. 109-5/15

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- 4 - Incoming explorations using civilian scouts had revealed that a larger group of guerrillas had gathered in Usaditsche to carry out their destruction actions from here. Numerous ski tracks testified of a brisk journey to the village. Uzadiche was shot down and the entire population, since it had completely participated in the support of the guerrillas, was shot. Partisans had also carried out a raid on a group of the organization Todt, which was completely destroyed in strength of 15 men. At Reval and in the Wirland district, Soviet parachute jumpers were arrested several times, which were provided with detailed exploration orders. They carried hand grenades, pistols, maps, signaling devices, food, large amounts of money and radios with them, under one of the captured groups was the secretary of the Communist Party in the Walk district. Lithuania In Lithuania, too, there was an increased drop of parachute parachutists. A security police and SD squad managed to shoot 10 Soviet parachutes during the persecution. Since groups of guerrillas were constantly reported from the area west of Baptei, which has predominantly Russian and Polish populations, the villages were designated by the security police and SD