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Summer of 1944, launched a major offensive of the Red Army, which resulted in Belarus was completely liberated from the Nazis.





However, some German units, were surrounded and tried to get out of it. For the most part, they were destroyed or taken prisoner. This fact took the exploration, starting with a new enemy radio games, dubbed "Berezina". Her "godfather" can be called Stalin supporting the idea of ​​the game scouts. Germans should introduce misleading, creating the impression of Activism their parts in the rear of our troops, and then trick the German command to use its resources to support them. Head of operations became Head 4 NKVD Sudoplatov, assisted Eitington, Maklyarsky and Mordvinians. Radio operators work led by William Fisher.



August 18, 1944 "Heine", aka Alexander Dem'yanov, aka "Max" on his radio told the Germans that in the area of ​​the river Berezina hides German part of over two thousand men under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Sherhorna.



In fact, such parts do not exist. Lieutenant Colonel Heinrich Scherhorn was captured and the Minsk area and recruited by public safety. His group included agents, Germans, former prisoners of war, and the German antifascists. Supervised Sherhornom and all his "part" of a special task force of Soviet intelligence. She was attached to the assistance twenty gunmen. That's the whole "army" Sherhorna. In addition, to protect against accidental operation, approaches and its location carefully guarded by army patrols, and near it was masked and several anti-aircraft gun installations. The Germans did not immediately respond to the telegram, "Heine". Apparently, they are whatever their accounting and channels to verify the identity of Lieutenant Colonel Sherhorna. Finally on August 25 instructed "Heine" contact Sherhornom, report of the exact coordinates for dropping cargo and sending of a radio operator.



"Heine" by this time was (for the Germans) assigned to a military unit stationed in the town of Berezin, near the place where the "hiding" Sherhorn. He "managed" to contact Lieutenant Colonel, report his whereabouts to the Germans. Was matched by a convenient platform for relief goods and landing. On this "Heine" informed Berlin.
In the night from 15 to 16 September to the specified coordinates Germans threw three radio operators. They were met and taken to Sherhornu, they reported that a portion Sherhorna was reported to Hitler and Goering, who told me to give that to her rescue will take all possible. In the part of the doctor and will be directed from the air unit officer, who must pick up area for landing. Two German radio operators managed to recruit, and they are included in the "game", confirming the existence of the Sherhorna.



The Germans continued to throw loads of food, equipment, medicines. December 21 dropped two radio operators, four Germans and Belarusians who have graduated from a German razvedshkolu. Radio operators, the Germans were also recruited and used in the "game." The German command offered Sherhornu smash his "part" in the group, so that they themselves were going to the front line. It was "done". Now the German command had to take care of not one but three "military units."
After the group moved on to the West, they received a significant amount of cargo with German planes. Food (chocolate, biscuits, glucose, which our army general food allowances had not) are laboratory tested, then he gave the dogs and only after that ate people. And all the time the Germans reported that the delay in transit are due to lack of food and ammunition.



Sometimes reported sabotage in the rear of the Red Army, which allegedly makes frequent Sherhorna.
From the end of October 1944 the German Command was more insistent demand from Sherhorna preparing the conditions for landing. Based on the fact that it could lead to failure, NKGB USSR has taken all measures to ensure that the operational tighten the game, and then under the pretext of pursuing the "part" of the Red Army units Sherhorna Nemtsov said about the impossibility of making airplanes.



Red Army troops swiftly moved to the West, and "part" Sherhorna could not get them to "catch up" - the fighting was already in Germany. May 1, 1945 the Germans Sherhornu reported that Hitler died, and May 5 to all the radio stations that participated in the game with an opponent in the case "Berezina", the Germans passed last telegram: "The superiority of the enemy was overcome Germany. Ready to ship supply air fleet can not be delivered. With a heavy heart we have to stop your care. On the basis of this situation, we can not also support more radio communication with you. Whatever brought us the future, our thoughts will always be with you, that in such a difficult moment has to be disappointed in their hopes. "



It was the end of the game. Soviet intelligence brilliantly beat exploration of Nazi Germany.
Results of the game? About them gives an idea of ​​the reference archive Foreign Intelligence Service from 08.03.1947 till this undercover case.
"Undercover work" Berezina "opened in September 1944 in order to quizzes with German intelligence agencies and the High Command of the German Army on the availability of large compounds allegedly fascist troops near Berezino Byelorussian SSR.
To maintain the morale and fighting spirit of his soldiers and officers in the Soviet rear of the German High Command systematically being moved to the specified area from the aircraft its agents and various goods.



Thus, according to the archives, from September 1944 to May 1945 the Germans in the Soviet rear was made 39 sorties and thrown 22 German spy who had been arrested Fourth Department NKGB USSR, 13 radio stations, 255 seats cargo with weapons, ammunition, uniforms , medicines, food and 1,777,000 rubles Soviet money.



Source: svr.gov.ru