STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1789, sig. 109-5/17

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10a - 4 - On the 10.9.4l station Starec, Bez.Iglau, the wagon of a load train was set on fire. The wagon was loaded with textiles, furniture, etc. The cargo was partly destroyed. It is likely to be a fire by chemical time-ignitioners. The damage is RM 2,ooo,-. On the 3.9.4l burned in Petrowitz, Bez, Boskowitz, 2 barns, machines, economic equipment and harvest stocks. The cause of the fire has not been clarified. On the 8.9.4l burned in Kshetin, Bez. Boskowitz, by short-circuit as a result of damaged fuses, a 40 m long barn, grain and considerable quantities of straw. The damage is about RM 25,oo.-. On 29.9.41 a fire broke out on the large estate of Count Lichtenstein in Teltsch. 42 wagons of uneducated grain were destroyed. The cause of the fire is unknown, the damage is quite high. On the 13.9.4l a fire broke out in Trebetin, Bez. Boskowitz. Several vehicles of grain, 1 barn and 1 commercial vehicle were destroyed. The damage is about RM 5,3oo.-. The fire set on the 6 year old Ladislaus Leineweber. On 1.9.41, 45 kg of Dynamon were stolen by unknown perpetrators at the Reichsautobahnbau in Schernowitz. On 9.9.4l, burglars from the Kolbe explosives camp in Groß-Wisternitz, Bez. Olmütz, 22 dynamite cartridges, l0 detonators and ignition cords were stolen. On the l1.9.4l, investigations into perpetrators of a chicken thief= stole were found in the house of Matula Wenzel in Kurowitz, Bez, Holleschau, a hunting rifle (16 mm), 700 gr shotred, 220 gr smokeless powder, 2 military= bajonette and others. On 13.9.4l near the municipality of Drinov, Bez.Kremsier, 4 parachutes, 1 feldsparen, 1 backpack with canned food, Zwieback, 2 hand grenades etc.. The objects are up to the backpack of Russian origin. Due to the so far conducted investigation there landed on the night of 9. to 10.9.41 paratroopers. On 22.09.41, two more hand grenades were found at the gloic site. On 14.9.4l, several burning objects falling to the ground were observed in the air in Borschikov, Bez. Senftenberg, flight = noise was not audible. At the site of the attack, only carb-smelling ash remains were found. Origin could not be found= un Magnesiunpatronen, which originates from balloons. In the month of September again in different districts of unknown perpetrators flight tickets German fine contents were distributed.