ss ober gruppenführer bach grants the head of the sd team the right to decide whether the village burnersyed or evacuate their inhabitants. the german command, giving orders to carry out punitive operations, demanded that the most stringent measures be taken against the local population. the civilians were dealt with according to the order. in november 1942, the reconnaissance of the local partisan detachment conducted surveillance of the kirov region; soon, they could already observe. on both sides , they were barely guarded by the police, the old people were moving, who were supported as best they could by those who could go the police fire, while not opening it was not like execution. partisans continued observation soon, the situation stopped. i understand. it was a human shield, the fascists were hiding behind the population in order to overcome a section of the road that was dangerous for them. they were afraid of an attack on the convoy with weapons , the locals covered it from two sides. but no one was going to let people go. according to the materials, they were loaded onto cars