NĚMECKÉ STÁTNÍ MINISTERSTVO PRO ČECHY A MORAVU, PRAHA (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 757, sig. 110-5/47 Page 134 · 134 of 255
GERMAN STATE MINISTRY FOR CHECH AND MORAV, PRAGUE (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 757, sig. 110-5/47
English Translation
GLT -2- radio. The sorach regulation we have established about the background and impact of the uprising in Slovakia has been declared generally valid and the reporting in Slovakia should also be aligned accordingly. The relevant information was given both in the Slovak press conference and in radio coverage. Unfortunately, the propaganda leader of the German party was not available, which in turn, with the help of the standarte Kurt Eggers, almost exclusively reports on atrocities committed to the People's German in Slovakia for the needs of the german broadcast d der d s ee da dd by the press officer of the Standarte Kurt Eggers Mrs. Hlobil, who joined me in command, to reach an agreement on this issue and I hope that the language regulation will also be respected in these reports. The propagandistic participants of the expedition, such as principal editors, radio, film, etc., were in long discussions - with a political focus on the work to be done and constantly informed about interesting reports from the insurgency areas. The deployment towards Neusohl began on Wednesday, 25 October. The route led us to Priebitz (Prievidza) after overcoming various difficulties (car breaks, destroyed communications, roads threatened by gangs, etc.). The head of the H unit stationed there informed me that the SS-Hauptstuf. Karpappel special command, to which I should go in Kremnitz, would have gone to Schemnitz. When I arrived in Schemnitz in the morning of the 27th century, I was opened by the head of the EK 14 , SS-main-stuf.Dr.Heuser, that Hauptstuf. Pape had again gone to Kremnitz, because Neusohi was not attacked from the south, but from the north. At that time Neusohl was already firmly in the fight group Schill's hand. Unfortunately, this fact was not yet known at the EK l4 and I went with my propaganda command immediately to Kremnitz. During trips, which proved necessary because of destroyed river crossings, much time was lost and I reached only on the evening of the 27th lö.Kremnitz, where I had to find out that main stage Pape had gone to Neusohl in the midday hours. It was not possible to continue at night because of the fighting that was still taking place. In the early morning of the 28th century, I asked to drive from Kremnitz via the north road (that Neusohl had fallen from the south, was not yet known in the evening of the same day in Kremnitz). Behind Öberstuben, however, I had to make sure that I got into the main line of combat with my command. My investigation at the next battalion camp led me to realize that Neusohl had been taken from the south by the Schill fighting group the previous day and that it was impossible to think of a passage from the north since the insurgents had withdrawn from Neushl in a north-west and north-east direction (Har-manec and Donovaly) and were in contact with the fighting groups of the Tirlewanger fighting group from the North. I then led the command to Neusohl in a southerly direction via Altsohl, where I arrived in the early morning hours of the 28th century (i.e. 24 hours after the occupation of Neus Kohl). The individual propaganda groups were able to get to work immediately thanks to happy circumstances. Impressions were collected and reports were collected, as well as pictorial and film material he - presents and/or compiles, as far as this was possible under the given circumstances. Since Neusohl fell without a fight into German hands, the degree of destruction and devastation was very low. The frightened population that remained in the city was reluctant to leave their homes and was initially very difficult to speak.