STÁTNÍ TAJEMNÍK U ŘÍŠSKÉHO PROTEKTORA V ČECHÁCH A NA MORAVĚ, PRAHA, inv. 1776, sig. 109-5/4 Page 83 · 83 of 117
STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1776, sig. 109-5/4
English Translation
At the beginning of the course it was announced that it was a special training for the execution of sabotage files as a parachute agent in the Protectorate. Furthermore, the course was taught in the shooting theory. The program was carried out theoretically and practically. The effects of various explosives and fires were discussed and practically tested. Explosion tests were carried out on railway rails, metal tanks, etc. The explosives were used "Plastics", "808", "Amunal-Powder", and "Gillatina". "Magnesium" and "Molotow-Cocktail" (original packaging) of fire materials were used. Great emphasis was placed on practical shooting exercises with the pistol and an English automatic 20-shot rifle. Fixed and mobile targets were shot from the stand and in running. The instructions for the execution of sabotage files were that iron bridges should only be blown up on main traffic routes. Railway tracks only in the curves. Daily lessons were also given in Morsen. The course lasted 3 weeks. Then parachute jumps from an airplane took place at an airfield near Manchester. In September 1941, the students were brought together in smaller groups and housed in a single larger building, about 30 km from London. Further lessons were given here. Commander was an English major, the teaching staff and the guards were also English. This course lasted 3 weeks. The teaching material was the same as in the previous course. After completion of this course, 6 students, who have now jumped on Pürglitz (Böhmen) in the night of 28.4.42, were placed in a villa called "Bellasis