The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation declassified documents on the atrocities of the Poles during the Great Patriotic War
November 11, 1944, Colonel-General Comrade SCHERBAKOV
At the same time, I present a short note - "On the attitude of the Home Army towards the Russian partisans", drawn up according to the testimony of Russian prisoners of war partisans who crossed the front line on October 28.
Even before receiving these testimonies, we had several signals that the Akovtsy were shooting Russian prisoners of war who had escaped from German concentration camps and who wanted to join the partisan movement either as independent groups, or as individuals who were in the units of the Akovtsy.
Now the partisans interviewed fully confirm the signals we received earlier.
I believe that these testimonies do not raise any doubts, are trustworthy and fully confirm the facts of the shooting by the Akovites of Russian prisoners of war who fled from the Germans and joined the AK detachments in order to take part in the struggle against the Germans.
Member of the Military Council of the 1st Belorussian Front, Lieutenant General Telegin
The attitude of the Home Army towards the Russian partisans (According to the testimony of Russian prisoners of war - partisans who crossed the front line on 28.10 in the Hotch-Gurn area)
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1. Former Major N. A. Tsibulsky, Chief of Staff of the 10th Partisan Brigade, testified:
“From the beginning of July 1944 to 15.8.44, I was in the AK detachment, during this time I repeatedly heard the conversations of Russians - former prisoners of war who escaped from German captivity and ended up in AK detachments, about the executions of Russians in AK. When I escaped from the camp, I was connected with the Pole “Stefan” (from the AL organization), who warned me that if I, alone or with a small group, got into the AK detachment, my weapon would be taken away and I would be shot.
Major Roman's detachment numbered up to 600 people, which included up to 70 Russians, who formed a separate group. This group obtained weapons for themselves exclusively in battles with the Germans, despite the fact that the detachment had weapons.
Major Roman said: "Your country is rich, let it supply you with weapons, and if you don't get them, then go to the highway and get weapons yourself."
Roman kept a group of Russians in his squad only for her bravery and good performance on assignments.
In a conversation with me, Roman said: "I have an order from Marshal Stalin that all Russians should be sent east." In connection with his departure, he wanted to take away weapons from a small group of Russians. After they refused to surrender it, Roman convened a special meeting of Polish officers, which decided to be sure to withdraw the weapons from the Russians.
When we left Roman's detachment, several Poles ("Vacek", "Domadai", "Groff") wanted to leave with us. Roman threatened to shoot “Vacek”, but, taking into account his merits as a scout, he left him alive, mockingly drove him in front of the formation for two hours, and then gave 15 days of strict arrest. The rest were taken somewhere and probably shot.
On 18.8.44, in battles with the SS and the gendarmerie in the Rachkovo region, a group of Russians was placed in the most important sector, however, they did not receive weapons and were forced to get them in battle, as a result of which they suffered heavy losses. 200 Poles of the AK detachment took part in this battle - they lost 7 people. killed and wounded, and 30 Russians - who lost 5 people. killed and wounded."
2. Samorodov M. A., company commander of the Pobeda detachment, testified:
“From a conversation with the platoon commander of my company Karpukhin, who in 1943 was in the AK detachment of second lieutenant Shary, I know that there was a group of Russians in this detachment, in the amount of 14 people, who fled from German concentration camps. By order of "Sharoi" this group was sent from the detachment supposedly to the east. After the “departure” of the Russians, their clothes were worn by the AK soldiers from the “Sharoi” unit. [181]
3. Tsareev A. A., the company commander of the Pobeda detachment, testified:
In January - February 1944 I was in the Sharogo group. At that time, there were no Russians in the detachment, except me. I was subjected to a prolonged test, during which I received a responsible assignment. After that, they began to admit me to the camp of the detachment, however, they did not trust the weapon.
In May - June 1944, I met with a large number of Russians who had escaped from German captivity, and they all declared that if they fell into AK detachments and had weapons, the AK would immediately take their weapons away from them.
In June 1944, the commander of the 3rd company of the 11th partisan brigade, Gadirov, was beaten half to death by the AK soldiers of the Barabolina detachment for not wanting to surrender their weapons. 21 people the Russians who were with Gadirov were disarmed.
As the commander of a small group of partisans, on 18-20.5.44 I sent my doctor Arkady Gasparyan to pick up the grenades in the Konske region. On the way back to his detachment, he was caught by AK soldiers, who beat him and took away the grenades."
4. Karpukhin A. M., platoon commander of the Pobeda detachment, testified:
"From August 1942 to August 1944, I was in the Sharoi and Ponury detachments. I was admitted to the AK detachment on false documents and only for this reason remained in it. In 1943, in the Detachment "Ponuriy" groups of Russians were undressed by AK soldiers and were taken away in an unknown direction. For example, a group of 12 people. the Georgians, led by the captain, were taken away from the Skarzhinsky forest; 4 of them fled, while the rest were naked and, as it became known later, were shot.
AK officers stated that the Russians were allegedly sent to the east.
Similar cases took place in the detachments of "Sharoi", "Nurt", "Maryansky", "Buchinsky". In the "Sharoi" detachment in early April 1944, Lieutenant "Blyady" took weapons from 26 Ukrainians and allegedly sent them to the east as well. Sam "Shary" in May 1944 disarmed 6 people. Tatars and sent them out of the detachment.
In the woods, I often found the corpses of those shot, which in appearance looked like Russian prisoners of war.
In 1942-1943. in the Skarzhinsky and Napravsky forests, one could find groups of killed Russians, 2-3 corpses each.
In July 1944, in the AK detachment, Russians named "Vasily", "Mikhail", "German", "Nikolai" were killed.
Any talk or agitation about the Red Army in the AK units was severely persecuted, and those who were caught were immediately expelled from the unit."
Interviewed by: Colonel Suslyaev
Quoted from: Central Archives of the RF Ministry of Defense. F. 233. Op. 2380. D. 16. L. 374 - 377.