the forces of 162 and 252 infantry divisions, under the general leadership of the ss gruppen fuehrer, eric of a special order of himler , destroy villages in the pripyat marshes where resistance will be shown, shoot all those suspected of supporting the partisans. as evidenced by the materials the prosecutor general's office of the republic about previously unknown facts, it was a mass extermination of the population. true, the method did not quite live up to the nazis’ hopes. from the report of the 2nd ss cavalry regiment. this method did not give the expected result, as it turned out to be swamps. not deep enough for them to drown. during the operation pripyat swamps in july-august 1941. villages were burned. khatynichi, gantsevichesky district, 73 people were killed. turov district, zapesochye - 300 people, churchyard - 69, rycha - 26. starazhovtsy - 30 people, chernichi - 40. kosovo region, velikaya gad - 123 people. holy will, 436. parichsky district. ostashkovishche - 120 people, slaven - 72. pruzhansky district, borki, vybrody, glushets, zalesye, kletnoe, radetsk - 13 people, chadel