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Late October 1941,

Moscow

As the Partisan official expected, the survivor's account moved everyboy in the room. What the SS and local collaborators did at Babi Yar in September was monsterous and sickening - even by well, NKVD standards.

Not wanting to dwell on the latter, the partisan coordinator allowed himself some self congratulation. He needed an eyewitness to give life to the fragmented intelligence reports from the occupied zone. Thus, he had a survivor identified and brought from Kiev by partisans to a clandestine airstrip and then to the Soviet side.

Now, through his efforts, things were happening. For both humanitarian reasons, a desire to save as many Soviet jews as possible and for more prosaic reasons- a need to refurbish the image of the Soviet Government to western allies and the need to show a human face towards Soviet citizens, his lone voice was being heard by Senior officials.

The senior offical turned towards him: "I want stopping these Einsatzgruppen and their helpers made a priority for Soviet partisans. You can support them with whatever material and specialists that can be airdropped"

What could realistically be done that would hinder the Einsatzgruppen as much as possible?
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