STATE SECRETARY TO THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1795, sig. 109-5/23

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A 11 women. On the other hand, the men were immediately medically examined and transported. Mining had requested 6,800 refugees from Poland for Mitte Au- gust. 13 extra trains with male refugees were also transported from Wrocław to Pomerania to urgent roads. The women and children are usually taken to farmers in Lusatia after some time, who are not very enthusiastic about this help. The military occupation of the whole Silesian territory began already in early August. It is still in progress at the moment. However, the concentration of the SS is already closed. Places in which only a little over 20 police officers and some gendarmes were in service are now occupied with hundreds of SS and with gendarmerie troops of 15 men. The Polish population of the area must perform forced labour under the supervision of the SS standard Gleiwitz, which is a particularly notorious column, near the Polish border. Since the war is certainly expected, one tries generally to keep food still. However, the Feldgen- darmerie takes care. In Hohenwalde a special camp for such hamsters was set up. The arrest for hamsterery in this camp usually lasts 14 days. If workers who receive fat supplements are caught at the hamster, the fat supplement is taken away from them. Even children are imprisoned, because many families send their children out to Hamster. Evacuations are strangely not planned in the border area. Nazis, who are asked for this, say that this is not necessary, since the Poles would already have to shoot on German territory. Two hours after the beginning of the war the Germans would have occupied Katowice. 2. Report: All hospitals in the industrial area were evacuated already in August, in order to keep them ready for military needs. At the same time, for the garrison Gleiwitz and Kosel, where the 84th infantry is located, has been introduced because of allegedly further deportations holiday barrier. Rhineland: In Aachen at the beginning of August, all the pre-war camps were completed to defend the city against air raids. On the short railway line between the Hauptbahnhof and West station, Flak guns were installed in 8 places. Also, the new high-rise building, known as the Grenzwachthaus, has a permanent air station and air defense facility on its roof. In the event of war, even the Nazi reckon with strong destruction.