English Translation

The Wehrmachibevollmächligte bein Minister of State for Bohemia and Moravia and Bolehlshaber In the Wehrkreis Böhmen and Moravia 161 A. 1759/44 secret. Prague, 24.10.44. Enemy position officer. Secret. Betr.: Situation in Slovakia. Evening report of the Dtsch. Commander Slovakia of 23.l0.44: 1) Enemy situation: Enemies defend themselves at Podkrivan (25 km Oso Altsohl) on road Alts Kohl - Losonc in well-developed bunkers and field positions (former Czech bunker line) with the support of a kind.-Abt. low-flying activity in this room very active. At Kpf. Gruppe Schill and Div. Tatra unchanged. At Biely Potok (S Rosenberg) and Necpaly (l2 km So Turc.Sv.Martin) stood with Art., Gr.W. and Pak extremely tough gang position: In the Sillein area, gang activity is intensifying. The Russian Partisan leader Colonel Popoff tries to act with propaganda, with all means decomposing with teams of the weapons Gren.Div. of the SS (Galiz. Nr.l), so far 50 eig. Flag fugitive Mer3) 2) Own location: 18. SS-Pz.Gren.Div. took Kokava (l5 km SW Theiss-holz) and Klenovec during the day and broke through against strong enemy resistance at Podkrivan bunker lines and field positions, took Podkriva and sat down in the storm in the possession of the highland N Podkriwan of it At Kpf. Gruppe Schill and Div. Tatra regt Späh- und Stoßtrupp activity. Sturmbrigade Dirlewanger broke hard fdl. Resistance S Biely Potok and took comprehensively important altitude terrain. The Kpf. Gr. from Necpaly started fighting slowly in the Nec paly valley against tough fdls. Resistance in difficult terrain conditions and bad weather. The weapons grenade Div. of the SS continued with success hunting companies. Air Force mission: 1 Fw l89 Weather and combat reconnaissance in front of l8.SS-Pz.-Gren.Div. Weather situation: 23.l 0.44 over W- and Mittelslovakia closed cloud cover at approx. 600 m altitude. Placed rain, mountains in the clouds. I.V. yeiu To the Minister of State 4 9640 Pict 9 001575 tcovs Pue bar 233 Liic ake rebne n smon is e brg tl