NĚMECKÉ STÁTNÍ MINISTERSTVO PRO ČECHY A MORAVU, PRAHA (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 367, sig. 110-4/213 Page 45 · 45 of 57
GERMAN STATE MINISTRY FOR CHECH AND MORAV, PRAGUE (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 367, sig. 110-4213
English Translation
On the woman's objection that if he was actually a US prisoner of war, he was obviously doing very well, Martin replied that he was intelligent, was a "clever boy", was patriot, and here was not his home. In the further investigation Martin repeatedly came up with the question of a possibility to speak to Switzerland, but finally concluded with the plague position: "I have neither money nor food stamps, everything has Bönninghaus." Furthermore, Bönning Haus, Martin had added a gun to his hand. Martin also told us that he had a gun in August v.Js. on a press issue in London with Churchill and General Harris, the chief of the Royal Air Force. Both had mentioned that in the Mirz d.Js. of US bombers day-long trips would be flown to the Skoda plants in Pilsen and the ironworks in Kladno. At breakfast in the hotel hall on ll.2.d.J. Martin's first silent question to the woman was whether she had let the matter with the Swiss border go through her mind and whether one could count on Czech support. He stressed that he would think of her (the woman) after the war. The woman continued to claim that Martin had told her his name. However, she did not understand the name, because at this moment Bönning-haus had joined. The name had been two-syllable after her memory. Each meeting had ended with Martin's energetic request to remain silent about everything he had told her and in particular not to inform his supervisor Bönninghaus. He described this as a Gestapo agent put into university form. Interestingly, Martin has now reproduced both Böhninghaus and Rudl parts of his conversation with the woman. Bönninghaus has told almost everything, while he told Rudl that he had informed the woman that he