PLENTY TO AVENGE
GRIM EVIRENCE OF GESTAPO CRIMES.
P.A. Gable.
LONDON. Jan. 25.
Thousands of Caucasian horsemen bred in the tradition of vendetta are pursuing the Germans, says the Daily Telegraph's Moscow correspondent. They have plenty to avenge, following Gestapo terrorism. Himmler's minions did their utmost to obliterate the evidence of their crimes at Stavropol. They drenched their headquarters with petrol, setting fire to the building. The Russians blanketed the flames and found evidence of German beastliness in neatly stacked piles of clothing of boys and girls aged 12 to 14, executed as a reprisal because their fathers were guerillas. Other heaps consisted of Cossack cloaks, which the women identified as belonging to sons, fathers, and husbands. The Gestapo cellars contained inscriptions, often written in blood of Russians about to die after torture. Typical were: "During the occupation of Stavropol there were 15,000 to 20,000 persons annihilated. Avenge!" Another nail-scratched inscription read : "Peter Boganoff shot on January 18. Tell my wife and children."
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Marlborough Express, Volume LXXVII, Issue 21, 27 January 1943, Page 5
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