English Translation

Ph MUAOMpOLJOVI was examined for a mild liver disease. After the examination, he was granted a diet allowance. He was treated with the greatest care in all cases of suspicion. His suicide leads to the conclusion that, according to the findings of the hearings, he feared the punishment and, on the other hand, the further strain of leading figures. Because of the city location of the police prison Kaunitzkol- leg in Brno, all guards had the most stringent regulations from the first day on to shoot at all prisoners who are making themselves at the window. This shooting order is known to all prisoners by attack in the building and in the cells. On 14.11.1941 shortly after 10 o'clock in the morning, Meznik ripped up the window of his cell on the second floor of the prison and rose on the window sill. Upon the three-time request of the post to descend and close the window, he repeatedly shouted to Item 2 as well as to Item 1: "Shoot it!" When the post 2 issued two warning shots, the prisoner strongly gesturingly called Item 1, "Better shoot!" "Shot it!" "Perhaps you can shoot better!" The post 2 gave another shot, which hit the prisoner after the medical examination at the height of the right upper arm bone head. The inmate then jumped from the window sill into the prison yard and killed himself. The medical autopsy finding says that death by concussion of severe degree with acute heart failure through internal bleeding occurred, but not by the received upper arm shot. 11 The relatives must be informed immediately in the appropriate form. The urn with the ash can be followed. The funeral only took place in the smallest fa- 20130 NCR - 2 Archl