English Translation

- 4 - and Šnajdr, according to nationality, are Czechs, but according to their nationality are not protectorate members, but are a former Polish and a former Soviet national. The "Leader's decree concerning the military service of Czech protectorates would therefore not be eligible for both, although they do not perform military service in their present capacity, but only in the rear army area. As non-protectors, they could therefore make themselves available as so-called "dobrovolci" and "helpful" of the German Wehrmacht, as is possible with all other prisoners of war in the East. These five members of the "Chechoslovak unity in the Soviet Union" can not only tell you about the true course of the battle at Sokolov. You have all five experienced very interesting fates in the Soviet Union before entering Czech unity, and it should be of particular interest to your reader if you also ask the individual witnesses about this. In order to bring into the following discussion a system, I propose that the debate be divided into two parts. Part that deals with Sokolov's battle and in a second part, in which you can be told about the fates of these five people in the Soviet Union. For the first part of the debate, I may first send a general sketch of the battle situation at Sokolov on the basis of the krete. According to the statements of all five witnesses, the Czechoslovak unit was loaded on January 31st, February 1st, in Busuluk b) Kuybishev, where the training was conducted without any preparation. From here the transport went via Pensa, Voronezh to Waluiki, where the unloading took place. On foot the unit then marched via Byalgorod to Kharkov. Here it should lie in peace for a week and be visited by a higher Russian military leader. However, it did not happen because the unit already on the first night, namely from 72255 - 5 -