GERMAN STATE MINISTRY FOR CHECH AND MORAV, PRAGUE (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 757, sig. 110-5/47

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189 from s c h 2 if t . #-Pz.Gren.Rgt. "Schill". 061514 o14 Betr.: Prison statements Bezut Il.chechoslow. The prisoner Zifrinetz,Iwar,b.20.8.1920 in Ambranke,Bezirk Swalawa,Karpetorussland in Ungern, states the following: On 14.11.1940, Ioh fled from the Hungarian embankment a member of the Ukrainian movement sto to Polish territory, erred and was stopped by the Soviet Krenzwache. and started genommon. The espionage suspected, I was brought to K.L. via Skolown-Strij ( 7 months dungeon) Lviv and from here to Novaja Samlja. - Meals very bad.lech ajühriger dungeons spent ioh in K.l. 4 years. We were released from the warehouse to the city of Busuluk, but here we were immediately sent by the Ncwp for dttive Militürdienst.After this we learned that more B00 men were transferred to the Czechoslovak Armce in Russia, with tdren organization Oborst Svoboda.The Czech Army consisted of one anti-tank camp with armored rifles and one m.Gr.W.Kp. The Schütsenkompenie,Sturke 70 - 8 0 Can,to three trains,the train three groups each,the group with one lpi.,a le.lG and Cewehren. The 0.l.G.Kp.with 16 s.lg.,for each 8.0.4 monn operation. The Panzerbüchsenkompanie with 36 fan guns,to each tank can 3 Benn operation Bete op Toq 4d At each Kp. 5 ofriaiere. The lrigade could have about 14 chimes strong artillery. Also a special unit (sapeurs, pioneers?). Location of this brigade was the city of Busulus in the Hordcaucasia This cschechoel.Brigade was trained for more than a year. do not specify,because I reported to the ll. Luftlandebrigade,which since