STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1776, sig. 109-5/4

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At the same time, everyone was given an alias, which could be chosen by himself. Photographs had to be given. After a short time, each one received a fake protectorate citizen's legitimization, which was on this alias. One day, English officers brought a tin barrel, in which there were about 100 kilos of explosives intended for a group of three. They were finished explosives of various kinds, weighing on average half a kilo. In the handling of these explosives, the students had been informed continuously. They were told how many packages of jumping material are needed for a particular object for blasting. After the members of the group of three had looked at the individual explosives again and had been shown again in the special application, the explosives were brought by the English to an airfield from where the take-off to the flight into the protectorate was to take place. The last instructions were given by the captain of the staff SUSR. A deadline within which the sabotage file was to be carried out was not set. Also, the group had been given free hand against further blasts. In December 1941 each of the trained got a parachute with a corresponding dress. In addition, a 7.65 mm gun and a 6.35 mm gun with spare magazines and a large number of cartridges were provided for each, along with a pocket knife and the aforementioned citizen legitimization. The departure to the Protectorate was already planned for the winter 1941/42, but was postponed due to bad weather and for other reasons. On 25.4.42 an English officer ordered to prepare for departure to the Protectorate. The two groups of three were sent from their quarters.