STÁTNÍ TAJEMNÍK U ŘÍŠSKÉHO PROTEKTORA V ČECHÁCH A NA MORAVĚ, PRAHA, inv. 1789, sig. 109-5/17 Page 11 · 11 of 64
STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1789, sig. 109-5/17
English Translation
6a 6- During this period, in particular in the Litzmannstadt district of Reg., some agricultural buildings with cattle and the imported crops were destroyed by arson in Poland. In two cases, 56 Poles were provisionally arrested by the Gestapo, as the investigation of the causes of fire suggests that Poland's acts of revenge or sabotage have been carried out. Of the 569 Russians who escaped from Zirpitz station (3 km south-west of Thorn) and during a transport on the Strekke Thorn-Bromberg-Schneidemühl with the assistance of the Wehrmacht during the large-scale investigation up to 19.9. 542 prisoners of war (see paragraph 2, page 4 para. 3). In the context of the fight against smugglers, black trade and unauthorized food exports, the gendarmerie in the Litzmannstadt district of Reg.: 5 horses, 16 pigs, 426 poultry, 6505 kg meat, l60 kg butter, 90 ltr. cream, 56 lr. alcohol, 24288 kg cereals and much more. Losses, accidents, sick: losses: 17 pol.-wachtm. the area fell in the east campaign, 2 pol.-wachtm. passed away by illness, 1 pol. guard. died in traffic accident. Accidents: 1 Pol.-Wachtm. wounded on the east front, 14 pol.‐wacht m. injured in traffic accidents, 1 pole-waftm. injured by fall of the horse. Sick: 340 pol. -wachtmeister. 4.) Prov. Oberschlesien (ehem.Polnish territories). During the reporting period, the focus of police activity in the Katowice district was on the implementation of air protection measures and the handling of traffic issues, such as the securing of railway crossings, road signs, the elimination of dangerous sites, etc.