STÁTNÍ TAJEMNÍK U ŘÍŠSKÉHO PROTEKTORA V ČECHÁCH A NA MORAVĚ, PRAHA, inv. 1789, sig. 109-5/17 Page 12 · 12 of 64
STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1789, sig. 109-5/17
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7 evacuations were only prepared, as they could not be carried out due to encountered transport difficulties. Losses, accidents, sick: Losses: 1 Pol.-Wachtm. shot in the firefight by a criminal, 1 pol.-Wachtm. died as a result of heartbeat, 1 Pol .-Waktm. fatally injured in a barrier by a lost bullet. Accidents: no details reported. Sick: 172 Pol.-Wachtmeister. 5.) Prov. East Prussia (former Polish and Russian territories). a) The district of Zichenau and the district of Sudauen (Suwalki) can be regarded as completely pacified; the Polish population, who willingly pursues their work, is disarmed. In addition to the general police service, police forces had to be deployed in these areas to combat smuggling and to search for work-averse Poles. For smuggling, 500 persons were arrested, of which 40 were convicted of the criminal act. Of this, 4l were transferred to a labour camp. In a major search operation to Poland, which had escaped their jobs, 2l Poland was taken up and sent to a forced education camp. 3 Poles were shot in these districts because of resistance or on the run. . In the county of Plonsk so far about loo spottythus cases have been detected. The necessary sanitary measures have been taken and are monitored. (q In the Reg. district of Bialystok, the Pol.-Batle. 13 and 323, an independent pol.-companie, about 450 gendarmes and l3 officers and 220 pol. guardmasters are currently used for protective police stations. After the establishment of the shelters and services, police forces were deployed to secure the area, search for weapons and ammunition, theft, smuggling, and the arrest of displaced Red Army and escaped prisoners of war.