STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1643, sig. 109-4/1398

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20-23 - the Biskup's order to serve only temporarily in the transfer of pigs and in the execution of the portions of meat distributed to the officials of the national gendarmerie commando.In no case had he conducted negotiations with the pig suppliers and therefore had neither knowledge of the paid over-prices nor of the black slaughters.He considered the whole supply action to be an officially authorized matter and believed that the meat assignments were covered by reference certificates or special war-related authorizations. In the same sense, the defendant defends Koukal. He, too, wants to act as a meat distributor only at the order of the Major Biskup, who is considered to be responsible and lawful.When, shortly before his retirement, he was in doubt about the extent of the assignments, Iin Zavazal stated on questioning that he had only given orders, that everything else did not concern him.Then he had calmed down and continued to participate according to instructions. This presentation was not to be refuted to the defendants Nêmejc and Koukal. On the contrary, Biskup confirmed that, unlike Zavazal and Vodiêka, they were without any further knowledge of the trades and that they were active in his official work. Zavazal also had to admit the admission of the Koukal as correct, the defendant Müller claims to have received meat from the assignments at the Landesgendarmeriekommando for the last time before Easter 1941, in April and May I94l he was on duty trips and was absent in July or August I94L for the cure of Prague.In the meantime he had not received meat.In contrast, after the result of the main trial, he was certainly unable to prove it. The defendant Exmar does not want 6 but only 3 pig halves, namely in the winter 1939/40, black. However, due to the certain and credible statements of the witnesses Rehbein and Zdarek, it is perfectly clear that he bought '6 pork halves in winter l940/4l (probably in Novem- ber l9 40) black and postponed as he had previously admitted.