English Translation

41 10 minutes, recorded at the gendarmerie station in Kamenitz near Stranschitz with Johann Nováček, born on 5. 8. l908 in Petrikow, district owl near Prague, responsible for Petrikov, residing in Petrikov no. l5, single, machine locksmith, good behavior. Subject matter. 1. What is known to you about the incident on 8.l0. l939 in front of the inn of Karl Herman in Neuwirtshaus? About midnight I went home from Karl Herman's inn in Neuwirtshaus with Anton Gründl, Johann Matějù and with my brother Anton Nováček. We left the inn through the back exit, from where we then went to the state gate and further to Scheliwetz. When we were about 60 to 1 00 steps away from Herman's inn, we heard behind us a shooting. Where and why this arose, we did not explore. 2. Were you drunk? I was not drunk. 3. Did you see a car standing in front of the Karl Herman inn? No. 4. Did you notice anything else? No! Read and made: Kamenitz near Stransahitz, 30. March 1940. The secretary: The heard one: The consent of the chief guard Francián Johann Nováček. Janovský. Witnesses: Bureš, parish leader. 2532