6 juin 1941 - Commissar Order

Description:

- "we must not assume that the enemy's conduct will be based on principles of humanity or international law"
- 'Commissars' (political police in Red Army identified with a specific patch) will not be treated as soldiers. The protection afforded by international law to POWs will not apply in their case.
- Nazis picked the Commissars out for execution
- Soviet Union did not sign Geneva Convention for the Treatment of POWs