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474:(Катрюк), implicated by witness along with Ivankiv, and Meleshko (Мелешко). Tried in the Soviet Union and sentenced to minor prison terms (for political reasons, as good citizens) were Fedorenko (Федоренко), Golchenko (Гольченко), Vertelnikov (Вертельников), Gontarev (Гонтарев), Funk (Функ), Medvedev (Медведев), Yakovlev (Яковлев), Lappo (Лаппо), Osmakov (Осьмаков), Sulzhenko (Сульженко), Trofimov (Трофимов), Vorobya (Воробья), Kolbasin (Колбасин), and Muravev (Муравьёв).
236:. It was active in the area until July 1944. During this time the battalion participated in the German pacification actions, part of the "dead zone" policy of annihilating hundreds of Belarusian villages in order to remove the support base for the alleged partisans. The 60 major and 80 smaller actions affecting 627 villages across occupied Belarus included
184:. A hundred members of the 115th Battalion's 3rd Company formed the 118th Battalion's 1st Company; it was the battalion's most active part, considered its elite and consisted mostly of nationalists from western Ukraine. Additionally, two new companies were composed of Soviet POWs, mostly Ukrainians and Russians, and local volunteers from the
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Ukraine, the Bukovinian Battalion had a total number of 1,500–1,700 soldiers. When the Bukovinian Battalion was dissolved, many of its members and officers were reorganized as Schutzmannschaft battalions 115 and 118. Among the people incorporated into the Schutzmannschaft
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In the spring of 1944, due to the Soviet counteroffensive
Battalion 118 and Battalion 115 (Ukrainian only) were merged around East Prussia into a single battalion with up to 600 men. In August 1944, all of them were transported by train to Besançon in France to form the
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to kill the civilians who tried to escape the flames: "One witness stated that
Volodymyr Katriuk was a particularly active participant in the atrocity: he reportedly lay behind the stationary machine gun, firing rounds on anyone attempting to escape the flames". A
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Battalion 118 killed a group of
Belarusian loggers earlier that day, suspecting they were part of a popular uprising. "I saw how Ivankiv was firing with a machine gun upon the people who were running for cover in the forest, and how
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Names of individuals on record include: I. Kozynchenko, G. Spivak, S. Sakhnо, O. Knap, T. Topchiy, I. Petrichuk, Lakustа (Лакуста), Lukovich (Лукович), Scherban, Varlamov, Khrenov, Yegorov, Subbotin, Iskanderov, Khachaturyan, and
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300:). However, the French after the war wanted to send them back to Russia in accordance with their international agreements, therefore many of the former volunteers continued service in the
270:. They also fought the Polish underground. Close to 50 men deserted from the 115th battalion in winter of 1942–43, while dozens of the members of 118th battalion joined the
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Battalion 118 was chiefly responsible for the creation of German "dead zones". The dead zone policy involved exterminating communities suspected, or capable of aiding the
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525:"Terror and Local Collaboration in Occupied Belorussia: The Case of Schutzmannschaft Battalion 118. Part One: Background"
736:Частично цитируется по книге «Русские эсэсовцы», Жуков Дмитрий Александрович, и Ковтун Иван Иванович, изд-во Вече, 2010
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The battalion consisted of three companies totalling 500 men, which in turn were divided into three platoons each:
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Battalion 118 filled a farmer's barn with civilians, set it on fire, and used a
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le 2e bataillon ukrainien des Forces françaises de l'intérieur, Groupement Frontière, Sous-région D.2
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auxiliary police battalion (Schuma). The core of the
Schutzmannschaft battalion 118 consisted of
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with the necessary backup provided by the
Battalions 115 and 102, Baltic collaborators,
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605:. Reasons for Judgement. Docket: T-2409-96 including brief history of Battalion 118.
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The Schutzmannschaft Battalion 118 was formed by the Nazis in the spring of 1942 in
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Battalion 118 have been later accused of committing most brutal atrocities and
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The Soviet Partisan Movement, 1941–1944: A Critical Historiographical Analysis
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180:. It was based upon Battalion 115, splitting away from it, but also included
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Victims and Criminals: Schutzmannschaft Battalion 118 (Belarus, Ukraine)
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Victims and criminals: Schutzmannschaft battalion 118 (Belarus, Ukraine)
258:. Entire Jewish communities were exterminated on the general orders of
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Due to participation in a series of punitive actions, some members of
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The Khatyn Massacre in Belorussia: A Historical Controversy Revisited
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battalions 102, 115, and 118 at a training base in Minsk, spring 1942
670:(in Ukrainian). Українське військо у ХХ–ХХІ сторіччі. Archived from
763:. Thesis, Department of History, Wilfrid Laurier University, 1999.
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were shooting the people lying on the road," the witness said. The
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In November 1942 the newly formed Battalion 118 was transferred to
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wing. Nine-hundred members of the OUN in Bukovina marched towards
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Canada: Minister of Citizenship and Immigration v. Katriuk
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Historical Yearbook of the Nicolae Iorga History Institute
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who had launched ambushes against Nazi forces in Belarus.
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battalions 115 and 118 were Ukrainian participants in the
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Docket: T-2409-96. Chapter: The War in Ukraine: Phase One
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war-crimes trial in 1973 heard that three members of the
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Holocaust Genocide Studies (Spring 2012) 26(1): 29–58
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Natalia Petrouchkevitch, Wilfrid Laurier University,
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Erich Körner, deputies Konstantin Smowski and Shudrya
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Second Company: Herman (leader), Franczuk (deputy),
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214:30th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS
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702:. London: Routledge. pp. 133–134.
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308:Accusation in atrocities and war crimes
188:. The battalion's German commander was
530:(Bucharest) 8 (2011), pp. 195, 202–203
458:Hryhoriy Vasiura (from December 1942).
150:Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists
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730:Д. Жуков; И. Ковтун (15 April 2013).
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455:Korniyets (until December 1942),
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732:"Григорий Васюра: палач Хатыни"
629:Sun News, via Internet Archive.
568:Marc Nadon (January 29, 1999).
328:, a village in Belarus, in the
212:to France, where it joined the
126:Schutzmannschaft Battalion 118
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765:http://scholars.wlu.ca/etd/35
292:French Forces of the Interior
413:(leader), Vinnitsky (deputy)
268:SS-Sturmbrigade Dirlewanger
264:Belarusian Auxiliary Police
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780:Ukrainian Auxiliary Police
759:Petrouchkevitch, Natalia.
652:Rudling 2011, p. 11 (205).
320:during World War II. The
178:Reichskommissariat Ukraine
664:"Українці в інших арміях"
46:Founded in spring of 1942
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272:Ukrainian Insurgent Army
304:to avoid repatriation.
250:(with 13,000 victims),
182:Soviet prisoners of war
692:Leonid D. Grenkevich;
443:(until December 1942)
234:Second Polish Republic
152:(OUN), to its smaller
138:Ukrainian nationalists
302:French Foreign Legion
115:Nazi security warfare
742:on 27 September 2016
437:Pasichnyk (Пасечник)
340:by Battalion 118.
260:Curt von Gottberg
238:Operation Hornung
167:Babi Yar massacre
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330:Lahoysk District
314:Schutzmannschaft
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206:Hryhoriy Vasiura
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84:Nazi Germany
66:Soviet Union
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345:machine gun
242:Draufgänger
186:Kyiv region
678:2016-09-24
478:References
434:(Мелешко)
385:Commanders
318:war crimes
266:, and the
228:(occupied
220:Operations
72:Allegiance
407:Hauptmann
377:Personnel
338:massacred
256:Wandsbeck
774:Category
696:(1999).
363:Meleshko
276:Volhynia
204:officer
202:Red Army
142:Bukovina
132:) was a
359:Katriuk
252:Hermann
247:Cottbus
176:in the
162:Galicia
51:Country
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326:Khatyn
154:Melnyk
90:Branch
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226:Minsk
140:from
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100:Type
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