On this very first day the Soviet Command showed its true face. Our troops came across a German patrol which had been cut off by the enemy earlier on. All its members were dead and gruesomely mutilated. My A.D.C. and I, who often had to pass through sectors of the front that had not been cleared of the enemy, agreed that we would never let an adversary like this capture us alive. Later on there were more than enough cases where Soviet soldiers, after throwing up their hands as if to surrender, reached for their arms as soon as our infantry came near enough, or where Soviet wounded feigned death and then fired on our troops when their backs were turned.-Field Marshal Erich Manstein-Lost Victories
Reports were beginning to emerge of possible Soviet atrocities.
Part of Soviet convoy probably destroyed by low level air attack-Mozyr road -late June.
German infantry halt to bury comrades-Lithuania 6-25
German troops search for Soviet sniper west of Lomza 6-28-41
Soviet troops captured during the first days of the war-Eastern Poland-undated.