The Murders of Jews by the 707th Infantry Division in Belarus in 1941/42. The Diary of a Regimental Commander
The Murders of Jews by the 707th Infantry Division in Belarus in 1941/42. The Diary of a Regimental Commander

Summary/Abstract: The Wehrmacht as institution was involved in the murder of the Jews during Operation Barbarossa. However, it was very rare that individual units participated directly in the genocide. The 707th Infantry was an exception though as approximately over 10,000 Jews were killed under its command in Belarus in 1941/42. The personal diary of Colonel Carl von Andrian, a regimental commander in this division, gives insight into the mindset of a perpetrator. Andrian harboured strict anti-semitic views and did not protest when a limited number of Jews were shot as ‘reprisals’. However, he rejected systematic genocide, particularly the murder of women and children, and forbade his regiment to participate in these killings.

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