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

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33a 9. On 16 January 1940 a gang leader with his 15 accomplices was arrested on the basis of the tireless use of the gendarmerie posts in the Lask district. In the Gostynin district two bandits were seized by the gen Darmerie, who admitted 30 robberies and other serious crimes. In this investigation another gang was found, which had its seat in Plock and carried out its raids after the county of Gostynin. Also in the district of Gostynin a robber was investigated and arrested by the rapid reconnaissance work of the gendarmerie. In the district Hohensalza a Pole was arrested, who had asked Poland to stop work and armament. The construction of the fire brigades in the Reichsgau Wartheland continues. The preparatory work for the construction of a gaufeu- and defence school is continuing. On 8.12.1940, an appeal of firefighters of the district took place in Turek, where 250 men were sworn in to the Führer. The construction work of the Reichsluftschutzbund is progressing. In almost all places of the "Reichsgaues Wartheland" departments of the RLB are set up. The air protection warning service is under construction. The technical emergency aid started with the preparatory work on the 22 icebreakers commissioned by the Reichsstatthalter in Warthbrücken. In 28 local groups of the TN. 2 800 TN men were taken up. Losses, sick, accidents: sick 334 accidents 5 4. Province of Silesia (ehem.polniscte areas). Although the pacification in the former German territories can be regarded as complete, this is by no means the case for the areas eastward of the police border.