English Translation

Copy. Prague, 31.5.1943 22 Office of the General Staff Imperial Protector in Bohemia and Moravia Eing.: -5.JUNI 1943 Wehrmacht authorised by the Reich Protector and Commander in the Wehrkreis Böhmen and Moravia Abbot. Ic Nr.842/43 gd3 Betr.: Czech POWs Reference: Our Scrib. No. 797/43 h.v.25.5.43 To the Herr Reichsprotektor in Bohemia u.Mären z.Hd. Herr 4-Sturmbannführer W o l f Prague In the supplement to the letter of 25.3.42 it is reported that the prisoners of war in their Stalags have meanwhile been found: 1.) Lieutenant Ss e n j a k , Stalag Borisov, 2.) 8 prisoners of War (not 3, as previously assumed) from the Stalag Dniepropetrovsk, 3.) the prisoner of war Karl Eg e r are marched to Prague. By Army Group South it was established that the I.4 Panzerkorps had no contact with the Czech Legion during operations in the area of Kharkov. The isolated Czech prisoners who pointed to the presence of the Czech legion were introduced by II./48th Panzer Korps. The allegations made by the enemy radio reports about allegedly the greatest losses of the weapons-4 by the Czech Legion are therefore freely invented. For the Wehrmacht authorized officer and commander The head of the General Staff I.A. registered under the signature Colonel E.I.O. IV 9 -15 e/43