Crime 22/03/20 Gang zigzag: what did the prisoners-traitors in the siege of Leningrad
On account of the OPG during the great Patriotic war, who settled in the besieged Leningrad, murder and fraud cards for food. Acting under the control of the Abwehr, “the Board protect the interests of Germany – the Banner of Adolf Hitler”, in besieged the starving city cheated me out of over 10 tons of food.
the prisoners-traitors
the Leader of this gang was Vitaly Kosharny, twice convicted for forgery. Board “zigzag” appeared in the beginning of the war in camp division No. 32 located in the Leningrad region. Kosharny and his two companions, Baskin and Kirillov, during another German air attack fled from the camp, having a fake certificate of exemption, pre-fabricated Kochannym. By the way took the car and killing the driver, arrived in Leningrad.
In Leningrad they hid in a familiar barmaid. After a month OPG “zigzag”, there were already 12 people in the gang were employees of enterprises the trade of the town.
Kosharny decided to establish contact with the Germans. In November 1941 Kirillov went to the front line. Having been wounded, he was a prisoner of the Nazis. Immediately expressed a desire to cooperate. Kirillov sent in a special sabotage school in Gatchina. In the special school prepared executioners, policemen, and future governors from among the traitors to the Motherland.
After a thorough inspection Kirillova supplied typographic fonts, a walkie-talkie and sent back to Leningrad. Now “zigzag” was working for the Abwehr. They produced leaflets with their “logo”. But their main Subversion was in the other.
People are starving, a creature feasted
Kosharny had a great experience of falsifying documents and make bogus ration cards and coupons to him was not difficult. Moreover, in the presence of a typographic fonts. The criminal trafficking were taken the heads of several shops in the Leningrad, contributed to the merchandising of these fakes. Fake cards and coupons fraudsters received bread, cereals, butter, sugar – everything that could get in the besieged city, even alcohol and chocolate.
Then calculated that in total criminals fraudulently received about 17 tons of food. Then as Leningrad at this time was issued the infamous 125 blockade grams of ersatz bread.
In anticipation of the Abwehr agent
the Weekly “zig-zag” received radioed instructions from his handlers in the Abwehr. During one of the sessions Kosharny learned: the city came a German intelligence agent. “Sieg-life of the zag” ordered to establish communication with him. Kosharny Kirillov and the two of us went to a meeting in a safe house.
But the vigilant residents of the house reported about the visit of the strange men to the police. To verify this message came from the local precinct. He saw a man in a police uniform, Kosharny and Kirillov took him for a German agent. When the policeman demanded documents, the bandits pounced on him and killed him. Then quickly left the apartment, forgetting about the German agent.
the agent, a former Soviet officer Smorchkova, shortly before the killing was detained by counterintelligence. When Kosharny and Kirillov were waiting for him, caught the traitor has already testified in a Large house that housed the Leningrad NKVD.
“zigzag” kaput
In the end, all 12 members of the criminal group “zigzag” was arrested and brought before the court. Three of the military Tribunal considered the case two days. Before the trial live 11 “jigzagula” – one of the gang died shortly before sentencing. Six criminals, led with Kochannym was charged with creating a counterrevolutionary organization and aiding and abetting the Nazis, the ten bandits charged with the assault on the socialist property.
Kosharny the court found that their gang was engaged in undermining the supply of PRudovolstviem the siege of Leningrad, made fake coupons and cards, leaflets to cooperate with the Germans. Kirillov as I could, dumped the blame on Koszarny. Defendants, especially the women, begged to let them live, wrote a petition for clemency.
But the 30 June 1942, a few days after the verdict, the entire composition of the “zig-Zaga” shot. None of the 11 criminals of the right to appeal the decision of the Supreme penalty was not given.
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