English Translation

-7 - 22 Particularly sharp was the fight against the export of live means from Wartheland and against the smuggling trade. During the reporting period seizures of lo3 Sweden, 5 Kihen, 34 Horses, 28 86o Eggs, 13 685 kg of sugar, T L 353 Poultry pieces, 208 litres of cream, 3 657 m of textile material and many more were reported, which was to be sold or otherwise brought across the border, several times also black slaughters were found. In one case, a Pole caught during a black slaughter, who physically opposed his arrest, was seriously injured by a gunshot. In Litzmannstadt, a long-sought criminal was arrested at the ce c below. With the arrival of the warmer season, the smuggling system on the border to the General Government was revived. In the border area, during the reporting period in the Reg.- Bez. Litzmannstadt l5o persons were arrested for smuggling. The general state of security in the Reichsgau Wartheland is satisfactory. Band formations have remained mainly limited to the districts of Wielun and Lask as border areas to the General Government. A number of robberies in the districts of Litzmannstadt, Wielun, Leslau and Kalisch were cleared up and the perpetrators arrested. 8 Poles were shot for resistance or attempted escape. In the district of Kalisch 28o hostages were arrested in March in connection with recent acts of violence there. In various cases, small numbers of weapons and ammunition were found during searches in the districts of Kalisch, Litzmannstadt and Mogilno. On 27.3.4l, the Pol.-Batl.44 (Leipzig) was replaced by Pol. - Batl.4l (Leippzig) and on 7.4.4l the Res.-Pol,-Batl. lol (Hamburg) was released into the homeland. On the occasion of the presence of the Reich Minister Dr. Goebbels on the estate of Johannesbach, on 18./l9.3. the required locking and security posts were placed by the gendarmerie.