Proper noun
SMERSH
(historical) Counter-intelligence organisation attached to Russian army units during World War II.
Abakumov was the head of SMERSH from 1943 to 1946; his relationship with Beria was marked by close collaboration (since Abakumov owed his rise to Beria's support and esteem), but also by rivalry. Source: Internet
In 1970, KGB director Yuri Andropov authorised an operation to destroy the remains.sfn On 4 April 1970, a Soviet KGB team used detailed burial charts to exhume five wooden boxes at the Magdeburg SMERSH facility. Source: Internet
The remains of the Goebbels' family, Hitler, Braun, General Krebs, and Hitler's dogs were repeatedly buried and exhumed.sfn The last burial was at the SMERSH facility in Magdeburg on 21 February 1946. Source: Internet