Archival documents about intermediaries and agents of the German special service in Crimea during the Great Patriotic War have been declassified and made public. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Sputnik Kazakhstan.
Declassification of documents
According to a statement by the Russian Federal Security Service's Crimea Directorate, the released documents show that after the liberation of Crimea from the Nazis, state security agencies identified and detained employees and agents of the German "SD" special service, active collaborators of the occupiers.
According to the agency, among them were S.N. Myshekov, A.A. Gildenberg, A.P. Lukin, A.M. Stanileev, M.D. Shpak and others.
Investigation findings
According to the agency, the investigation established the personal participation of these citizens in the genocide of the Soviet people on the Crimean peninsula: they carried out execution sentences against civilians, raped women, killed children, and also handed over partisans and Soviet patriots to the Germans, who were subsequently arrested and sentenced to death.
"By a resolution of the Special Meeting of the NKVD of the USSR dated September 16, 1944, Myshekov, Gildenberg and Lukin were sentenced to death, while the remaining criminals were sentenced to imprisonment for various terms," the agency reported.
Other traitors
Also, as the directorate reported, during the Great Patriotic War and after it, security service officers searched for and brought to justice other traitors involved in crimes against Soviet prisoners of war and treason against the Motherland.