English Translation

202 Some executions took place completely out of order, on 30 August 1942 five former members of the Czechoslovak Army were executed in the cellar of the Gestapo office in České Budějovice by a blow to the back of the wooden counter separating the coal warehouse. According to the testimony, all the members of the Gestapo took part in these executions, except for women employed in the office. (578) These people were quiet and brave before their shooting, and most of them did not speak. From today's point of view I would say that these people went to death as true Czech patriots. They were people who were aware of their Czech nationality and their honour. © one of the shooters from the Pardubice execution site testified. (579) This was confirmed by the protocol reports of individual execution squad commanders, which were made after executions. The protocol stated the date and reason for execution, number of executions, number and short report on the behaviour of the victims before execution. The executioners then watched the victims before the execution cross, weeping and loudly proving their innocence. One of the men executed on June 15, 1942 cried out: "I am innocent, to which the other man, standing next to him, added: "Ask Mr. Reich's protector!' Other victims scornfully called "Adieu Hitler!'. Many of them showed their courage and patriotism at the last moments of their lives. 2. On June 20th, one of the condemned screamed: "We are dying for our Czech homeland!" and another cried out on 20th June: "Long live Czechoslovakia!" June, when a group of folk citizens were executed Horák's and Stříbrné's family heard a proud male voice from executioners' stakes: © Long live the better Germany! © July 1, one of the condemned died with the words "I curse you!", another smilingly asked, "Please, but shoot well!" (580) The execution at the execution site in Lobzích on May 28, 1942, when the six-member family of Václav Stehlík st. and his son-in-law František Mareška from Rokycan were shot. On the way to the execution place, the desperate Josefína Mareschová begged for mercy and tried to soften her tormentor with a reference to her two young children. According to the executioner's protocol, "yet shortly before the shooting showed a completely calm appearance."