 Polish-German historian and Holocaust expert from the University of Hamburg  describes the activities of the 201st Schutzmannschaft Battalion in Belarus as "fighting partisans and killing Jews".John Paul Himka, a specialist in Ukrainian history during World War II, notes that although units such as the 201st Battalion were routinely used to fight partisans and kill Jews, no-one has studied the specific activities of the 201st battalion from this perspective and this ought to be a subject for further study.It is alleged that more than 2,000 Soviet partisans were killed by the Battalion during its operation in Belarus.