History 09/03/20 Boris Shteifon: as a Jew commanded the Russian guard corps traitors
According to research by history Professor Brian Rigg and Professor at Yale University Poloa Hyman in the German army fought about 150 thousand Jews. The most famous of collaborators, having Jewish origin, was Boris Shteifon, who died in the rank of Lieutenant General of the Wehrmacht.
the Son of a Jew and the grandson of an Orthodox deacon
In the biographical directory of senior officers of the Volunteer army stated that Boris Shteifon was born in Kharkov, where his father, a baptized Jew, worked as a master in manufacturing plants. The mother of the future General was a Russian, and daughter of the assistant of an Orthodox priest. In the Russian Empire, Judaism was not determined by blood but by religion and after training in real school Shteifon the rank of warrant officer entered the service in the Voronezh 124th infantry regiment. After a year of Boris are sent to study at the Chuguev military school, where he is remembered as a troublemaker, but a diligent student with brilliant grades in all subjects.
In 1902 the Shteifon graduated the College and in the composition of the Voronezh regiment goes to war with Japan. During the fighting he was wounded, and for the brave and skillful actions receives the order of St. Anna, Stanislav and Vladimir. In 1911, the ends of the Imperial Nikolaev military Academy, and during the First world war is on the Caucasian front. For military merit the Shteifon receives a number of awards and George arms.
Civil war and emigration
the October revolution Boris meets in Kharkov and a staunch monarchist-Legitimist. In his hometown he leads the officer underground, and after the occupation of Kharkov by the Ukrainian troops moved to Ekaterinodar. Involved in 1 Kuban campaign, and after the liberation of Kharkov Volunteer army was appointed commander of the Belozersky infantry regiment, for the month, bringing the number of soldiers from 60 people to 4 million.
After a hard retreat known as Bredovsky campaign and the evacuation of the white forces from the Crimea Shteifon the rank of major General is in Gallipoli. Knowing about the organizational skills of Boris Aleksandrovich, Wrangell appointed him commandant of the camp. New home General becomes Serbia. Living in Belgrade Shteifon teaching deals with the history of the military art and prilocec the title of Professor.
In 1934 was murdered by king Alexander I, the patron of Russian emigrants. Local Communists began persecution of the former white guards, which was supported by ordinary Serbs. In 1940, Belgrade recognized the Soviet Union and Russian were fired from their jobs, and Tito’s partisans at night began the widespread killing of white Russians.
the Generals of the Wehrmacht
After the occupation of Yugoslavia by the Wehrmacht “Bureau for the protection of the Russian emigration” was offered to the Germans to create from the Russian squad for the protection of emigrants. The new formation headed by General Skorodumov, and the chief of staff was the Shteifon. After the success of the Germans on the Eastern front, the Russians invited the leadership of the Wehrmacht to create a full-fledged Russian military unit. In September 1941 Skorodumov announced the mobilization of emigrant forces for a campaign against the Bolsheviks. The Germans are not satisfied, and the Gestapo arrested General. However, the formation of the Russian guard corps continued, and led her Shteifon.
At the appointment of Boris Aleksandrovich for the position a request was made to Kharkov in search of documentation for his religion. The archive was discovered the register of births with the record of his baptism.
In 1942 a Russian security group was subordinated to the Wehrmacht and renamed the Russian guard corps, and in 1943 a baptized Jew the Shteifon gets the title of the German Lieutenant-General. Through the unit has passed 17 thousand persons from them 11 thousand immigrants and their children. Despite repeated requests to send the body to Russia, the Germans didn’t bring him from the Balkans. It was used as a cartel division and to destroy local guerrillas.
the Main opponents of the Russian corps was the Communist partisans of Tito and to a lesser extent, the Serbian Chetniks, which is often maintained neutrality. Several times Shteifon division attacked the Chetniks, the Croatian and Albanian guerrillas, who were allies of Germany and Italy. By the end of the war, learning about the Nazi atrocities in the USSR, the soldiers of the corps and the Germans were seen as enemies.
Since 1944, the body begins to fight against the Soviet army and its Bulgarian and Romanian allies. In the spring of 1945 the Shteifon directs the retreat of the troops in Slovenia. Prominent collaborators and worker emigration Alesya Lamp in his memoirs wrote that, on 29 April, 1945, after review of the case of Boris Aleksandrovich had an attack of liver disease. April 30 Shteifon died of heart failure.
the Command was assumed by Colonel Rogozhin, who brought the remains of the division in Austria. The British had not given the soldiers of the corps to the Soviet side, since most of them were never citizens of the USSR
Alexander Brazhnik
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