 From 1 September 1942, the peninsula was administered as the "Generalbezirk Krim" (general district of Crimea) "und Teilbezirk" (and sub-district) "Taurien" by the Nazi "Generalkommissar" Alfred Eduard Frauenfeld (1898–1977), under the authority of the three consecutive Reichskommissare for the entire Ukraine.In spite of heavy-handed tactics by the Nazis and the assistance of the Romanian and Italian troops, the Crimean mountains remained an unconquered stronghold of the native resistance (the partisans) until the day when the peninsula was freed from the occupying force.The Crimean Jews were targeted for annihilation during Nazi occupation.