The Reichsführer-SS Field Command Post 29 December 1942 Re.: Reports to the Führer on Combating of Bands. Report No. 51 Russia-South, Ukraine, Bialystok. Successes in Combating Bands from 1.9. to 1.12.1942 1.) Bandits: a) confirmed dead after battles (x) August: September: October: November: total: 227 381 427 302 1337 b) Prisoners executed immediately 125 282 87 243 737 c) Prisoners executed after longer thorough interrogation 2100 1400 1596 2731 7828 2.) Band helpers and band suspects: a) arrested 1343 3078 8337 3795 16553 b) executed 1198 3020 6333 3706 14257 c) Jews executed 31246 165282 95735 70948 363211 3.) Defectors as a result of German propaganda: 21 14 42 63 140 (x) As the Russians drag away their fallen or bury them immediately, the casualty figures are to be assessed as considerably higher, also according to prisoner statements.