War Crimes Accusations
In 1946 several captured officers of Infantry Regiment 277, including its former commander Eduard Freiherr von Saß, were executed in Velikiye Luki for crimes committed against the civil population of the city. It should also be noted that the division took part in anti-partisan operations, such as Operation Greif at Vitebsk.
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