English Translation

Rudolf Bártek 13 Chief Representative. 26.I.1945. Dear District Chief ! I received your letter vem l9.d.M. only yesterday because of my absence from Weisskirchen and only now have time to write the report you requested. L./ Because of the short periods of residence during transport, it was not possible for the transporters to take over and check the people assigned to them by the employment office. As a result, in the first few days after the arrival of the transports, the site leaders did not know at all how many and which people they actually had in their location. It would be necessary, therefore, that the stoppage periods at the stations where workers are to be over-renewed should be such that a proper transfer of the labour force was carried out by the transport operator. 2./ Ven to the employed workers, many complained that they were suddenly placed in the transport without prior communication /in the night and through the gendarmerie/, so that they had no time to take along the most urgent for the journey. They lacked laundry, shoes and so on. Some who didn't have food at home also stayed for 5 days without food. Some of the employment offices gave the workers food packages /wurst and bread/. It would be good if all AA did so. 3./ The employees who were obliged to ski jump were not examined medically before. So it came that we got completely incapacitated people. We had people in our site with hand and leg prostheses, heavy Tbc cases, epilepsy, etc. These people were just a big burden for us. We were forced to send over 2O0 men home in the first three days. Of course, some of them were also Simu- lants, but they could not be found due to lack of medical equipment /Roentgen etc. 4./ The workers often arrived very poorly equipped. It is due to irresponsible promises of the employment offices, communal devorsteher uev... People were told, according to their statements, that they shoes, blankets, Kogfer u.dgl. But don't give anything. Due to the lack of equipment of the krveiter also a large number of illnesses as well as the incapacity for work due to bad shoes can be attributed. It is therefore absolutely necessary that the competent authorities make no promises at all, send viölmehr the people to take everything mur existing from home.