English Translation

249 to do something, so that the Transylvanian German was completely under the rule of Bolshevism. Both reports about Transylvenia were very depressing in the population. Gruppenführer Behrends learns that the ethnic group leadership has completed its planning work for the possible evacuation and now intends to inform the population by means of a leaflet what should be taken with it in the event of an emergency. He is extremely excited about the issue of this notepad, which was intended by Dr.Janko as a preparation. There is always new news about the defaitist statements of German soldiers, especially of members of the Luftwaffe. The air force marketer Betsch-kerek-Etschka suddenly sells its entire stock at sling prices, with the Hungarian and Serbian friends being particularly preferred. German Wehrmacht members repeatedly advise the people of Germany not to expect a transfer into the Reich. It is much better if they continue to mill their bacon in the Banat. Moreover, it is too late for a real evacuation. According to the announcement of the O III of the army group Felber, which was under both the fighting group Behrends and the combat group of the General Schneckenburger, the group leader Behrendens is known that in the Romanian Banat the 46.Russian army was gathered with l2 divisions. Since the lo.9.44 it was known that Lugosh was Russian stage. However, nothing of these facts has become known to the ethnic group leadership throughout the month of September, as group leaders of Behrend neither informed the ethnic leader nor individual staff about the real military situation. Rather, he constantly only announced that some Romanian troops had organized partisans in the Banat. According to the O III, there is no doubt that group leaders of Behrens were informed about the march of the 46th Russian army, as the army group had continuously informed the leaders of their fighting groups about the results of the war. 18.9.1944 The already mentioned radio message of the Reichsführer SS, which led to the cessation of the evacuation of the Romanian Germans, arrived. The result was a great mess in the Serbian Banat, because the Germans from Romania, who were in march after the Tiss, were stopped where they were. Many explained that they wanted to go back immediately, some could be persuaded to wait for the development on the spot. In ethnic German circles, the assumption is expressed that this radio saying of the Reichsführer is, on the one hand, a delayed reaction to the premature success report of Gruppenführers Behrends, but on the other hand, goes back to the seven-saxon ethnic group leader Andreas Schmidt, who advocates the thesis that Germanism in the southeast must be used for partisan struggle against the Bolsheviks. It is pointed out with determination in the Banat that farmers are not at all suitable for partisan struggle and that in particular German farmers would be unable to act as tisanes. 49844