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22 II BM/1 - 2842/43. Mähr.Ostrau, 30 September 1943. Negotiated The D.R. Josef H i 1 1 m a n n n , contract official of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, dzt. to the Magistrate of the City of M.Ostreu, on 4.5.l894 in Schnellau, Krs. Glatz, geb., röm.kath., verh., M.0.-Oderfurt, Bahnhofstr. No. 157 resident. who familiarized himself with the counter-etand of his interrogation and admonished to the truth the following : To the OS On 25.9.1943 was ordered by the Reichsprotector that at all stations a baggage check is carried out by 24 hours. I myself was ordered to carry out this control at the station M.Ostrau-Witkowitz. Apart from me there were still 4 officials of the economic control , 2 officers of the protectorate police and 4 members of the uniformed Reg.Police , n essential. The constant control was under the direction of the. P e s c h a t . The task of uniformed members of Reg.policei is in the assistance service for us. P e s c h a t gave the parties concerned short guidelines on how control would be best guaranteed, and the appointment of the individual officials was also carried out by him in the neces sary so that the control would appear to be best ensured. To the members of the Reg.Polizei warves also their task to make the disembarks with luggage on the baggage inspection note. The request was carried out in German and at the moment the persons in question were instructed by the uniformed Pol.Organen by showing by hand the control station. At about 18.45 a.m. a train arrived from the direction Friedeck at the station M.Ostrau-Witkowitz. The greeted part of the disembarked persons had already left the baggage check against the exit of the station, when I suddenly became aware of the subsequent incident by a screaming. I stood about 15 steps away from the head of the control P e s c h a t and carried out the baggage inspection there. I saw a gentleman with a suitcase the control point of the P e e a h t left suddenly turned to a uniformed pole standing near the P es c h b a t. Wachmann /Veselsky /, approached. . /.