English Translation

2 In the Hostomitz camp he carried out an examination and gives the following protocol: "The protocol was drawn up by the inspector of the KLV, staff doctor Dr. Gertler, on the basis of the statements of the camp manager Karl S a u e r., née 2l.4.1989l in Essen, camp manager since 18.8.1944 and the camp team leader Helmut Sc h u l z e, Gefr. d.Res., geb. on 3.8.24 in Brandenburg and the camp nurse, DRK helper Edith S c h n e i d°e r , born I7.2.l927 in Essen. On 25.3.45 at 12.30 h the camp manager noticed that enemy fliers in large numbers flew over the camp. Around l3.0o clock, that camp was just at lunch, fell near the camp (about l km south and l km northeast a series of bombs. The Czech police reported that there were time-detonators in the field on the route between the camp and the village of Hostomitz. The camp leader called the boys of the camp together and taught them about the behaviour towards ungodly and time- detonators, as had happened several times before. The camp consists of 28 auxiliary students, mostly aged from ll to 14 years. The camp leader forbade the boys to enter the area in question. At 4.30 a.m., the camp manager personally convinced himself that the place where the time was lying was locked off and marked with signs. Of the inmates of the camp there was no one to be seen near this place, but there was a reike of large numbers of Czech people near this square. At the coffee against l6.oo Ühr the camp manager once again prohibited the boy from not going near the times.oThe boys played at the creek directly at the camp and in the day rooms. A loud detonation was heard in the camp around 18.0 o'clock. A short time later, a temporary man reported that some of the camp's boys who had played with the dungeon were seriously injured. The camp crew leader and the sister (the camp manager and teacher had been away from the camp for a short time) hurried immediately to the accident site and found there three injured boys. With the boy Adolf D a m e s from Duisburg, Posadovskypl.24 the death had already occurred due to severe skull injury, with the boy günther L i c h t from Herne, Ringstr. l05, had also led to a severe skull and face injury already to death. At the boy Hans H e r s t e 1 1 from Recklinghausen, Im Timpen 4, the death had occurred due to severe chest and belly injury. The boy Erwin W i c z o r e k from Duisburg, Schlieffenstr. 3l, died a few minutes later, just- if due to a heavy chest and shoulder wound. The boy Manfred R o g m a n n from Essen-Steele, letter line 15, had a very heavy wound on the left thigh, which at first did not bleed very strongly. On the other hand, several bone pieces were lying next to the injured person on the ground.