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

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LA the following report from the province of Brandenburg er- er-: Since mid-September, Polish prisoners of war have been housed in the limestone works near X. The inhabitants of the area were very interested in the prisoners and gave them what they could. As a result, the Nazis intervened and did not forbid them to hand over something directly to the prisoners, but prevented the gifts of love from being handed over directly. They have to hand in things much more at the guard, which they allegedly send to the prisoner. In reality, all things are made for the Nazi people's welfare. Finally, the following report from Berlin is still available: The official data on the number of wounded so far are strongly doubted. An overall overview cannot be gained for the time being. From Berlin we could learn so far that war victims are accommodated in the following places: about 150 in the Siechenhaus Danziger Strasse, more than 200 in the Hufelandspital, about 400 in the Moabit hospital (second half of September), about 250 in the Virchow hospital, where another 200 were expected. The Jewish orphanage also had to be vacated for war crimes. The Berlin hospitals are only open to civilians in very serious cases, especially for operations. The Berlin magistrate was already aware of a number of 1,738 fallen Berliners until the 20th Sept. However, there are still hundreds of deaths at the police station, which is responsible for the cleaning operations. De police have not yet reported their deaths to Berlin. The Berlin police are active in the area of Tucheler Heide and in the region of Bromberg, Thorn and Poznan. In Berlin it is said that the number of injured must be high if so many wounded are taken to Berlin, although the accommodation facilities in the province would be far cheaper. From the Küstrin-Frankfurt-Fürstenwalde area, it is judged that they are almost overcrowded with injured people and that they receive new relapses every day. The transporters are transported as quickly as possible to Bavaria and Saxony, although the people had first been told that they could stay in the Fürstenwalder area until the recovery.