repairing the line, unexpectedly, the nazis were massive fire was opened, and in the ensuing battle hautmann, the police in wielka and three ukrainian policemen were killed. two were wounded, after a short but fierce battle, the enemy fled east to khatyn. the police security battalion was formed in the fall of 1942 in kiev from among western ukrainian nationalists, ukrainian prisoners of war and mobilized youth from rural areas of the kiev region, commanded by the battle guard police major erich. kerner and mayor konstantin smovsky. at the end sotal was transferred to belarus, took part in punitive operations in the minsk, vitebsk and grodno regions. that day, the nazis called for reinforcements. zondar-team of the sss under the command of the criminal dirlewanger, which was particularly cruel. having burst into khatyn and not finding the partisans there, the massacre began against civilians, as events unfolded further, in the testimony of eyewitnesses, residents of the village of kamensky village council , pleshchenitsy district, minsk region. march 25 , 1943. march 22nd of the above year g