VaHivi vaiwanzoonekwa sevashandi veAxis vakavimbika munzvimbo dzekumashure uye vaishandiswa kutsigira mabasa, asi vakashandawo mune mamwe mauniti epamberi sezvo huwandu hwavo hwainge hwawedzera. Vashandi veGerman muhomwe vaive vangangoita mazana maviri nemakumi maviri ezviuru, zvichienderana nekuputsika kwesimba remakumi maviri emakirasi emunda (avhareji saizi 9,000) uye zana remabhatani akakura zvikamu zveChitanhatu Mauto muna Mbudzi 1942. Mukati mehomwe (ChiGerman: Kessel, chaizvo "cauldron"), paivewo pakati pevanhu zviuru gumi nemazana matanhatu Hilfswillige (Hiwi), kana "vakazvipira vanobatsira", izwi rinoshandiswa kune vashandi vakanyoreswa pakati pevasungwa veSoviet nevashandi vanobva kunzvimbo dziri pasi pekugara.
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