English Translation

Berger of 28.2.45 and amilien basically only had reasons, so in the above-mentioned letter of 4 Obergruppenführer Frank I also noticed iäre development of things. and I have to say the following: The evacuation orders for Trautenau were already available.(Trau tenau lies 1o km this side before Eupel) That also upper group leader Frank was known. At 9 p.m., when I was in Eipel at the Fhrerschule on 19.1.45, the word "danger of thunder" was given, which meant that tanks were rolling on Trautenau and Hohen- elbe. At the same time, thousands of prisoners of war were on the march on the streets of Trauteau towards Dresden. In this case, I do not want to have relied on the czech-style local group leader and, on the other hand, since I feel responsible for the families of my 4-leaders, I also do not burden my conscience and believe that I have done the right thing unconsciously in a responsible care, because we are not based in Czechia. I am not in the position of the leader of the upper group, Frank, that we are trying everything we can to put our families in a new position as regards the hardships that have already been suffered. Because if it were so, then I would propose to evacuate all the safe areas and put all the people into the bom-bardated big cities, it would then be enough for the extreme position of the Obergruppenführer Fr a n k.