English Translation

*102 - 2 - was with full consciousness when he was transferred to the hospital and stated literally: "We went home. Suddenly a shot crashed and we both fell off the wheel". Böhm explained on questioning that he had not seen and heard anything about the signs and the stops before. The case caused a great stir at the time and led to a spontaneous protest and, subsequently, to a great mourning rally of the Sudeten German, in which, on behalf of the Führer, the militias assigned to the German embassy in Prague took part and laid down two wreaths on the orders of the Fuhrer. The Czecho-Slovak police and security bodies grif- fen the case. The Czechoslovak divi- sion court in Pilsen did not carry out the proceedings at the main hearing on 27 July 1938, but postponed the proceedings for an indefinite period of time for further taking of evidence. Finally, under Article VIII of an amnesty issued by the President of the Czechoslovak Republic under 23 December 1938, the proceedings were closed on the ground that the act had not contradicted the interests of security and defence of the state or military discipline. At my instigation, the secret state police took over again, following this, the Ministry of Justice of the Reich of the case. Under the 31.7.1940, Dr. Freisler in a personal letter communicated his view of the prospects of the trial as follows: "I myself closely followed the case against Koranda and Kriegl for the killing of the two Sudeten Germans Böhm and Hoffman in Eger on 21.5.1938. With you, I believe that the conduct of criminal proceedings against the perpetrators is very desirable if it can lead to a conviction.