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"IV Commissariat Ukrainian Police        Lviv, August 8, 1942
City of Lviv.
Document #2505/42

To:
Command of Ukrainian Police in Lviv

Pertaining to: Report of Jewish Action 8/21/42

I report that on August 21, 1942 there were 312 Jews
delivered to the Yanivsky Camp. There were 4 instances of
the use of firearms, using 13 cartridges. 9 Jews were killed
by the German Police.

There were attempts at bribes. Later these articles were
turned over to the Security Police. They included 3 gold
chains, 1 string of pearls and 6650 gold coins.

                              Head of Commissariat
                              (signature)
                              Olesh Sokolyshyn
                              Officer, Ukrainian Police"
                              
From the Soviet State Archives, Ukr.SSR, as cited in B.F.
Sabrin, Ed., Alliance for Murder: The Nazi-Ukrainian
Partnership in Genocide. New York: Sarpedon, 1991, pp. 252-
253

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