Polizei-Bataillon 33

Polizei-Bataillon 33 (also Polizei-Bataillon "Ostland") was a militarised unit of the German Ordnungspolizei in World War II. The battalion originated in Stahnsdorf, and was formed up at Frankfurt an der Oder in August 1941. It carried out punitive duties. According to the researcher Rolf Michaelis who is referring to the SS-Hauptamt's document No. 8699/42, the Polizei-Bataillon 33 resided in the Reichskommissariat Ukraine in 1941-1942 and took part of the executions of the Jews. As reported in May, 1942, 1,000 Jews were executed in Minsk; as reported on July 15, 1942 another thousand Jews were executed in the same place; as reported on June 27, 1942, 4,000 Jews were executed near the town of Słonim; as reported on July 28, 1942, 6,000 Jews were executed in Minsk.