English Translation

23a - 8 - From 1.4.4l on the whole Reichsgau Wartheland the complete blackout is arranged. Losses, accidents, sick: a) Losses: 1 pole-wachtm. during the railway strip service of a train run over and killed. b) Accidents: 3 pole-wightm. due to traffic accidents; 1 pole guard, by careless handling with the private pistol of a comrade. (c) Sick persons: 311 4.Province of Upper Silesia (former Polish territories) : The evacuations planned for the end of March in Upper Silesia could not be carried out, since the Reichsbahn could not provide any transport for these purposes. Nevertheless, in order to create a space for German returnees who have been in the transit camps for a long time, cooperation was carried out between the centre of the Gestapo, the M-work force in Andrichau and the police within the integrated parts of the province of resettlement of Poland. The procedure was carried out in such a way that Poland was taken out of a village and moved with Panjevagen to another village in Poland, 15 km away. The liberated village was then placed with Riickwanderer. As a further task, the relocation of the entire Jewish population from Auschwitz to Sosnowitz and Bendzin took place in Upper Silesia during the period under review. Auschwitz was completely freed from Jews for workers to be concentrated there soon. For both relocations, larger commandos were deployed by the police. During the surveillance of the police border, several loo persons were arrested for illegal crossing of the border, for smuggling and breach of employment contracts.