English Translation

A 8 In Berlin Nazi circles there are at least 55-60,000 deaths and 120,000 injuries in the East, but the number of deaths in the West is already expected to exceed 2,000. 2) The final preparations The last reports, which arrived shortly before the outbreak of war, are still of interest today, because they show that all the preparations had already been made at the beginning of August. Mecklenburg-Luebeck: At the beginning of August, the whole area was occupied in the direction of Heiligenhafen, Timmendorfer Strand and Neustadt in Holstein with naval reserve troops, in a mass that has never been the case during the World War. At the beginning of Jui, the conscripts were promised that they would be given leave at the end of July, and that in the meantime their relatives would also come to visit. In fact, however, holidays and visits were blocked all the time. In this sub-boat school in Neustadt, it is now teeming with italics and Spaniards, whose number is estimated at a total of 700. The German submarine students usually stand at the age of 22 to 25 years, have already two years of naval service behind them and were previously usually three years active in the HJ-Marine. They are almost all fanatical supporters of the NSDAP. In this submarine school it is recently claimed that Germany has over 300 submarines. 60 of them are constantly close to the English and French coasts or seaways and in the Mediterranean, so that they are ready for action, if the war would break out once within hours. Under the teachership of the school there were previously many followers of the priest Niemoeller. That had been observed a year ago. Now there is nothing to be noticed about it. The HeinkeL plants in Mecklenburg have made extensive preparations for the war. The main plant near Rostock will not be kept in full operation, but will mainly use the plant facilities distributed among the small towns and villages. Such branches have been built in Bad Kleinen for a staff of 1,000 men per shift, in Hornsdorf near Wismar for 700 men per shifts, in Karow for 900 men and goods