NMT 7
Werner Pfafferott (colonel, chief of staff, army in Croatia, 1942-44)
Rudolf Lueters (major general, commander of German army in Croatia (1942-43))
Date: 04 August 1943
Literal Title: Subject: Treatment of Members of Bands, Prisoners of War, Hostages [(]Reprisal Prisoners) Deserters, etc.
Total Pages: 4
Language of Text: English
Evidence Code: NOKW-714
Exhibit Code: Prosecution 303
Document Book No: Prosecution 12
Citation: NMT 7 (page 1089)
HLSL Item No.: 150316
Notes:The order to treat captured partisans as prisoners of war (rather than to shoot them in the field) was apparently in response to a decision recorded in document PS 744 (not present here), when Himmler and Keitel agreed to treat captured partisans as POWs and to send them to Germany for labor; see transcript page 1089.
Partisan fighters (and commandos), operations against, and treatment of (I… Hostage-taking and reprisal actions, including killings and fines (IMT, NM…
NOKW-714: Treatment of members of bands, P.W. , hostages (retaliation prisoners) deserters, etc., By: Commander of German Troops in Croatia, Dep. Qu/Ic No 2016/43 Secret. To: German Plenipotentiary General in Croatia etc. (See the distribution list attached to the document). Signed by Col. Pfaffmatt, C. of S. 2 pages. Photostat
NOKW-714: 4 Aug 43 - Order of Cmdr. of German troops in Croatia.
NOKW-714: 4 Aug 43 - Order of Commander of German troops in Croatia re treatment of members of bands, hostages, deserters and prisoners of war.
