English Translation

107 Only at the instigation of the group leader, H-Sturmbann- führer Baumann, have the invoices for the maintenance work been abandoned to the Ministry of Public Works, which, after long hesitation, reimbursed the invoice amounts. Group manager Baumann immediately, after gaining knowledge of the incredible handling of the contract, had the entire repair calculations checked by the Group V construction department. 108 On the basis of the observations made during the review, Group IV produced an opinion, Appendix 3, from 2 July 1939 to 54 Recital 3, which discussed the existing mismatches, after which no estimates of costs were made for almost all the work, and the work itself, in most cases, was carried out without professional knowledge or knowledge. 109 The purchase of materials did not take place at producer companies, but at intermediary firms, so that prices consistently go beyond the usual level. 110 Invoices recorded high overtime and night surcharges of up to 1%, working hours certificates are available in the fewest cases, and they are not signed by a skilled German force either.