Company malaria

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The Malagasy company was the cover name of a German military operation during World War II , directed against partisans in the Soviet Union .

backgrounds

Some time after the start of the "Operation Barbarossa", the war against the Soviet Union , partisan groups formed in the German-occupied areas . In 1942, National Socialist leaders decided to take action against the partisans in Belarus and Russia and worked out appropriate plans. Reichsführer SS Heinrich Himmler signed the document on August 7, 1942 .

In the occupied territories of Eastern and Southeastern Europe in particular , “fighting partisans” (also known as “fighting gangs”) often only served as a pretext for the shooting of Jews and non-Jewish civilians (see General Plan East and Program Heinrich ).

Duration, location and units involved

The malaria company took place from August 21, 1942 to September 21, 1942 in various areas in the General Commissariat of Belarus . The Higher SS and Police Leader Ostland Friedrich Jeckeln took over the leadership .

In particular, the following units were used:

from August 28, 1942 additionally:

  • Schröder group (gendarmerie platoon (mot.) 7, 11, 12, 13, 21 and intelligence company 11).
  • The Latvian units were: Protection and Police Battalions No. 18, 24, 26, 266-E. Also a company of the so-called Arājs Command .

Results and consequences

The mala fever company destroyed several villages, killed 389 partisans in combat, 1,274 “suspects were shot dead”, 8,350 Jews were murdered and 1,217 other people were deported. The number of murdered Jews includes those who were shot after the company between September 22 and October 2, 1942 in the action against the ghetto in Baranavichy , i.e. around 6,000.

Work-up

Only a few scientific studies have been devoted to this company to date. The company was only mentioned in the Wehrmacht exhibition .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Wolfgang Curilla: The German Ordnungspolizei and the Holocaust in the Baltic States and in Belarus 1941-1944. Ferdinand Schöningh Verlag Paderborn, 2nd edition 2006, p. 712.
  2. ↑ Wolfgang Curilla: The German Ordnungspolizei and the Holocaust in the Baltic States and in Belarus 1941-1944, p. 712.
  3. ↑ Igors Varpa: Latviesu Karavirs zem Kaskrusta Karoga (Latvian soldiers under the swastika), ISBN 9984-751-41-4 . P. 113.
  4. ↑ Wolfgang Curilla: The German Ordnungspolizei and the Holocaust in the Baltic States and in Belarus 1941-1944, p. 712.

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