English Translation

Secret State Police Prague, September 3rd, 1994l. State Police Headquarters Prague B.Nr. II G 1330/41 Preliminary investigation results Sabotage at a petrol warehouse in Nachod. On August 3rd 194l at about 15 o'clock the petrol warehouse of Karl W e l z e 1 , forwarding company in Nachodid, burned out with multiple explosions. Two German Senutz police officers, the train guard in the music corps of the police regiment Böhmen, Kurt N o v a k and his comrade F r e i d a n k, who found a firelight in the camp from the street. No v a K crossed the fence and tried to extinguish the fire, which turned out to be impossible. The storage site is the petrol warehouse of Karl W e l z e dl forwarding company in Nachod, which stores the fuel for Brey-Photoven Gmba., Prague Xvl., Reichargasse l7 and sells it on a production basis. Per barrel, vie company receives a proposal from RM -.96 to RM 1.20. The value of the total installation of the place is about 70.ooo crowns and is under-insured with about 30.0oo crown. Currently the fire store in the place more than loo.o00 liters of petrol, petroleum and fuel mixture. The value amounts to about 300.ooo crowns. Of the quantity of fuel stored, which was mainly available to the civilian industry, about 25 % of the stock for Wehrmacht consumption was re- served, which had been destroyed if necessary. The camp, which is located in an open space near the freight station in Nachod, is surrounded by the railway installations of the freight railway station, a pond, a