to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp. Some of Bessonov's organisation members were employed in other German anti-Soviet operations, without any notable successes. Bessonov and Meandrov survived the war to be executed by the Soviet authorities after being transferred to their custody. See also Anti-Soviet partisans Yugoslav Partisans, a communist-led World War II resistance movement References External links Biography of Bessonov Biography of Meandrov Gulag Military operations of World War II involving Germany Battles and operations of the Soviet–German War 1943 in the Soviet Union