<sod>Meisinger proceeded to apply brutal force against Poles, mostly those of Jewish descent. As part of the [[German AB-Aktion in Poland]], he authorized the [[Palmiry massacre|mass shooting of 1,700 people in the forest near Palmiry]].<ref>Wildt, Michael, ''Generation des Unbedingten, Studienausgabe.'' Hamburg, 2003, p. 478. ISBN 978-3-930908-87-5</ref> As a reprisal for the murder of a Polish policeman, he ordered the execution of 55 Jewish residents on 22 November 1939, and on 20 December, the execution of 107 Poles as a reprisal for the murder of two Germans.<ref>Eta Harich-Schneider, ''Charaktere und Katastrophen,'' Ullstein, 1978, p. 203. ISBN 978-3-550-07481-3</ref> Meisinger became so notorious that he was called the “Butcher of Warsaw”<ref name="news.google.com">[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zlksAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CMsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5039%2C1111649 "Swiss Neutral Claims Nazis are Still on the Loose in Japan," '' Spartanburg Herald-Journal,'' May 12, 1946, p. A5.]</ref> (although this [[sobriquet]] was also given to SS-''[[Gruppenführer]]'' [[Heinz Reinefarth]]). According to Schellenberg, his atrocities in Warsaw even appalled his superiors: "I had collected a huge file which proved him to be so utterly bestial and corrupt as to be practically inhuman...At this stage...Heydrich intervened: Meisinger knew too much, and Heydrich managed to prevent the trial from taking place."<ref>Schellenberg, 1956: pp. 160-161.</ref> Heydrich's appeal to Himmler saved Meisinger from [[court-martial]] and possible execution. He was sent to [[Tokyo]] by submarine as a means of keeping him at arm's length until the dust had settled.<ref>Schellenberg, 1956: p. 161.</ref><eod>
<sod>Meisinger proceeded to apply brutal force against Poles, mostly those of Jewish descent. As part of the [[German AB-Aktion in Poland]], he authorized the [[Palmiry massacre]], the mass shooting of 1,700 people in the forest near [[Palmiry]].<ref>Wildt, Michael, ''Generation des Unbedingten, Studienausgabe.'' Hamburg, 2003, p. 478. ISBN 978-3-930908-87-5</ref> As a reprisal for the murder of a Polish policeman, he ordered the execution of 55 Jewish residents on 22 November 1939, and on 20 December, the execution of 107 Poles as a reprisal for the murder of two Germans.<ref>Eta Harich-Schneider, ''Charaktere und Katastrophen,'' Ullstein, 1978, p. 203. ISBN 978-3-550-07481-3</ref> Meisinger became so notorious that he was called the “Butcher of Warsaw”<ref name="news.google.com">[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zlksAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CMsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5039%2C1111649 "Swiss Neutral Claims Nazis are Still on the Loose in Japan," '' Spartanburg Herald-Journal,'' May 12, 1946, p. A5.]</ref> (although this [[sobriquet]] was also given to SS-''[[Gruppenführer]]'' [[Heinz Reinefarth]]). According to Schellenberg, his atrocities in Warsaw even appalled his superiors: "I had collected a huge file which proved him to be so utterly bestial and corrupt as to be practically inhuman...At this stage...Heydrich intervened: Meisinger knew too much, and Heydrich managed to prevent the trial from taking place."<ref>Schellenberg, 1956: pp. 160-161.</ref> Heydrich's appeal to Himmler saved Meisinger from [[court-martial]] and possible execution. He was sent to [[Tokyo]] by submarine as a means of keeping him at arm's length until the dust had settled.<ref>Schellenberg, 1956: p. 161.</ref><eod>