STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THROAT AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 608, sig. 109-4/355

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The 4-man L u d w i g , Gerhard and 4-man W e b e r , Hubert were then assigned to the patrol within the building from Ol.00 to Ol.35 o'clock. On their return to the guardroom at Ol. 35 o' clock they found them abandoned by Oberheinrich. V-man Weber went straight to the laundry room on the ground floor of the faculty and called to Ober-heinrich in the adjacent abort room. Since he did not report, he entered the spacious bortraum and saw Oberheinricht lying on the floor in his blood. He immediately contacted his comrades at the guard from where the 4-lazaret Prague was notified. The doctor of the 4-lazarette, U. Stuf. Dr. med. Wilhelm F r i e d r i c h s, arrived at the scene of the crime. His findings are: "The head showed on the right side of the temple one of the powdered mouths of a pea-sized shot opening. The head lay in a blood pool. The body felt still warm, breathing, pulse and eye reaction were no longer noticeable. I noticed death. The result suggested that death had occurred an hour ago." The location of the body was unaltered, except for this doctor's examination at my arrival on 2nd 2/Lum 09.00. The condition of the corpse was not altered by me, with the help of the 4/-U.Stuf. Dr. S i r k , standartenarzt der 4./-T.Sta. "O." Prague, as expert carried out body show revealed: The body of the Oberheinrich lies in a corner at the entrance in the approx. 3 x 5 m large abortion room on the ground floor. The dead person lies on the back with little spread legs. The arms are stretched, the face is turned to the ceiling, the head is in a blood pool. The dead person wears the full service clothing, next to his head is the field cap. In the skull is located right in the temple area of the bullet shot. Around the bullet opening the skin is colored grey in a radius of about 5 Rm size of the powder mouth; it has a diameter of approximately pencil thickness. In left skull about 4 cm above the upper ear base is the scrap. The opening of the reject also has a diameter of about pencil thickness. According to medical findings, death immediately occurred.