English Translation

48 b) a farmer who insisted on his original application; in these selected farms a thorough review of the cereals stock had to be carried out, whereby the agreed gendarmerie official had to provide the necessary security assistance. The result of these tests, which had to be carried out with the aid of appropriate forms, had to have been communicated daily to the district governor. According to the order of the criminal police station Brümn - Krim.Dir, N u s s b a u m - of l6.l2.l94l I was commissioned with the overcontrol of this action in Moravian space. As an economic expert, Mr M a a t z from the Reichsprotektor's office in Brno, I was also served by an official of the Communist Party of Brno, as well as two interpreters and a motor vehicle. My task was to check the activities of the individual control groups in the individual districts and municipalities at random, to participate in individual court checks and to ensure, moreover, to what extent the control bodies performed the tasks assigned to them. At present, independently of the controls of the audit groups, independent checks should be carried out as far as possible. Furthermore, the mood in the population was determined, especially in the direction of how the action was taken and to what extent secrecy was ensured. B. In detail, I visited the following districts and municipalities and found them out: On 16 December 1941: 1. district Moravia.Budwitz - branch Hrottowitz municipality Ratko- witz. a) The control bodies were not yet present on our arrival and only arrived some time later around 1:30 p.m. at the municipal office. Together, a farmer who had registered during the period in question was selected with the help of the municipal documents.