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High
Command
Army
Group South
Ic/AO
(Abw. III)
H.Q.,
September 24, 1941
Re:
The Struggle against Elements Hostile to the Reich
The
investigation of and struggle against tendencies and elements
hostile to the Reich (Communists, Jews, etc.), insofar as they
are not a part of a hostile military force is, in the occupied
areas, exclusively the task of the Sonderkommando
(Special Unit) of the Security Police and the SD, which will
take the necessary measures on their own responsibility and
carry them out.
Individual
actions by members of the Wehrmacht or participation by
members of the Wehrmacht in excesses by the Ukrainian
population against the Jews is forbidden; they are also
forbidden to watch or take photographs of measures taken by
the Sonderkommando.
This
prohibition is to be made known to the members of all units.
[Commanders] in charge of discipline at all levels are
responsible for the implementation of this prohibition. In the
event of breaches it is to be investigated in every case
whether the commander failed to carry out his duty of
supervision, and when necessary he is to be severely punished.
signed
von Rundstedt
Distribution:
AOK
(Intelligence Command), PzGr (Tank Group)
Bef
rueckw H (Rear Command)
Befehlsstelle
Sued (Southern Command)
Abt.
des Stabes u. Wach-Kp. (Staff
Dept. and Guard Companies)
Nachr.:
Luftlotte (info: Air
Force)
NOKW-541. |
