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From the August 1943 YB was renamed to a Squad of 11th Battalion of Latvian Legion. Old identity documents were replaced by new documents of Latvian Legion troops. Despite the formal change, YB was still serving German Security Police and SD. In July 1944 YB was moved to Kaunas and stationed at [[Ninth Fort]]. There YB guarded prison and before retreating killed 100 prisoners. Then YB was moved to [[Stutthof concentration camp|Stutthof]], escorted Jews to [[Toruń]], stayed there until in April 1944 received orded to convoy Jews to [[Bydgoszcz]], but members of YB fled from arriving front and Jewish prisoners luckily escaped. Some YB members successfuly retreaded to Germany, some stayed in zone occupied by Red Army. <ref name="Bubnys"/>
YB killed tens of thousands people. Some of YB members were punished by death by Soviet authorities in 1945, 20 YB members were convicted by Polish authorities. Other YB members died after the war or live abroad. <ref name="Bubnys"/>
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