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207th Security Division

The German 207th Infantry Division was established in August 1939, and acted as a border security unit during the , and the 285th .

The German 207th Security Division served on the Eastern Front under Army Group North until November 1944, when it was written off the books. Its headquarters staff continued as a "special purpose" ( German ''z.b.V.'') divisional headquarters under the Sixteenth Army , ending the war in the pocket with Army Group Courland .


WAR CRIMES

During September Campaign in Poland soldiers from the division took part in atrocities against Polish citizens.On 5th of September in forest near Burchardztw soldiers from the division took prisoner a Polish soldier named Brunon Formela, who was murdered.Zbrodnie Wehrmachtu na jeńcach wojennych w II Wojnie Światowej Szymon Datner Warszawa 1961


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