Talk:Polizei-Bataillon 33

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Identity confusion

This article is about Bataillon "Ostland", I've moved the content regarding the Estonian Bataillon 33 into a new article Estnische Schutzmannschafts Abteilung 33. --Martintg (talk) 02:34, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Then, I guess, we need to change article's name, because I have no seen any information proving that Bataillon "Ostland" was called Polizei-Bataillon 33 for a while. (It seems to be actually taken from some Soviet historiography books, as here are many unproven facts labeling the battalion.) DJ Sturm (talk) 08:56, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You could have clicked the first reference link: [1] --Sander Säde 09:20, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

What proves that link is reliable source? Here: [2] and in the book "Estonian freedomfighters in World War Two/Eesti vabadusvõitlejad Teises maailmasõjas" the number 33 is not mentioned. DJ Sturm (talk) 09:37, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The article has nothing to do with the Estonian Schuma. It is supposed to be about the German Orpo battalion (Reserve-)Polizei-Battalion "Ostland" later known as (Reserve-)Polizei-Battalion 33. It was a German Orpo battalion raised in mid-1941 from Baltic Umsiedler, i.e. Baltic Germans, Estonians, and Latvians from the resettlement camps in the Warthegau. See Estonia 1940–1945, pp. 827–8 for the basic facts from a scholarly source. —Zalktis (talk) 11:01, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Unproven claims

Why the article says what happened at Minsk, if the battalion "Ostland" was never in Minsk? And why the information about battalion's size, disbanding, etc. was deleted? What's the reason of talking about unproven Soviet claims about killing of civilians as facts? DJ Sturm (talk) 11:49, 18 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sigh. Three units. One is German-Baltic Polizei-Bataillon 33 (originally Polizei-Bataillon "Ostland"). Second is Estonian Estnische Schutzmannschafts Abteilung 33. Third is Estonian Polizei Front-Bataillon Ostland. --Sander Säde 12:10, 18 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You mean that [3] and [4] are not the same unit? However, both were formed in the same place at the same time and all Estonian sources talk about only one battalion "Ostland". DJ Sturm (talk) 12:32, 18 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

NYP source?

According to, amongst others, Amazon, Massimo Aricco's book on the Orpo battalions (ISBN 9789185657988) is not yet published (currently expected May 2010). How can it be cited here as a reliable source, then? —Zalktis (talk) 11:25, 29 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The article was created by a sock of Bloomfield (talk · contribs), Briephsmile (talk · contribs). The original version created by this hoax- and sockmaster was quite different ([5]) and citing looked very solid at a glance, as usual with his articles. It was obviously cited through this website and is available according to them, too - published 15 September 2009. See also [6].

Same as with all Bloomfield creations, everything should be double- and triple-checked. Same as other clever hoax-masters, he creates an article with a grain of truth - and then twists everything, creating a complete hoax.

--Sander Säde 12:12, 29 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]