It is likely that the majority of those killed were unarmed civilians,[1] Contemporary German reports described the dead as members of "bands",[3] although later in the report doubt is expressed as to the accuracy of these figures, with the assumption that "numerous peasants" must have been among the dead and noting that "Dirlewanger especially has a reputation for destroying many human lives".[4] The same report indicates that there were 59 German dead.[3][4] About 950 weapons were captured during the operation.[1]