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On
27
May
1944
the
applicant
and
his
men
,
who
were
armed
and
wearing
Wehrmacht
uniforms
to
avoid
arousing
suspicion
,
entered
the
village
where
the
inhabitants
were
preparing
to
celebrate
Pentecost
.
The
commando
unit
split
up
into
a
number
of
small
groups
each
of
which
attacked
a
house
on
the
applicant
's
orders
.
Several
Partisans
burst
into
the
home
of
a
farmer
,
Modests
Krupniks
,
seized
weapons
they
found
there
and
ordered
him
out
into
the
yard
.
When
he
pleaded
with
them
not
to
kill
him
in
front
of
his
children
,
they
ordered
him
to
run
towards
the
forest
before
opening
fire
when
he
did
so
.
Krupniks
was
left
,
seriously
wounded
,
on
the
edge
of
the
forest
,
where
he
died
the
following
morning
from
a
massive
haemorrhage
.
Although
the
surviving
villagers
heard
his
screams
and
groans
,
they
were
too
afraid
to
go
to
his
aid
.
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