English Translation

16 February 1945 Srserereiesee teseteeiet Prag-Bubentsch, SD section Prague Sachsenweg th Speaker 774-44 III G - Dr.Zu/Ri. inisteranyt 17. FEB. 1945 : An 44-Obergruppenführer Minister of State K.H. Fr a n k 34.m.raB Dand Ciedeer Betr.: Ausflüchtungspreparationen im eastern Reichgebiet - Evacuation of 4-families from Eipel in northeast Bohemia - Vorg.: ohne Éit For several years, several families of higher 4j leaders from the 4 main office (Amt B I) have been housed in privately acquired villas, among them the family of the 4 group leader and lieutenant general of the weapons-h J u e r s . Zentry of this "j settlement in Eipel" was a school for leader candidates from the HJ for the arms-h . In the last few days there have been rumors that the four families were fleeing north-east Bohemia. A leader, it was said, had already been on the way to find in the Sudetengau between Central Germany evasive quarters Law e for the families. Furthermore it was told that the supplement—the army and the weapons- Prague truck prepared for the evacuation of the (4h families from Eipel. On 14.2.45. 4j-group leader J u e r s called the responsible local group leader in Eipel and informed him that the following order was issued for the school in 77. Eipel: 45. "The Reichsführer 44, 4-Hauptamt - Amt B I , Berlin, Grunewald, 13.2.45., Langenheimstrasse 42. To the leader of the 4-school Eiple. Command (underlined) All i-families must immediately clear the shelters in Eupel, as all rooms are occupied with troops in the course of the establishment of a tank hunting association.. gez. Juers, 4-group leader and lieutenant-general of the weapons—i." Since the population of Eupel had already heard the rumor that the l-family was busy packing suitcases, the announcement of this order in the German and Czech populations resulted in a sharp atmospheric reaction. On the one hand, one looks at the lack of attitude and "smart cowardice", on the other, one wants to use the order of the group leader Juers, especially the mention $\6-2/45 141