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Copy of transcript. Court of Division No. 4l3 St.P.L. III Nr. 174 / 44. Secret! Field Judgment In the name of the German People ! In the criminal case against the chief Josef M a i , Ldsch.Btl. 840 Marktredwitz, geb. 4.l.lsğl in Hainsbach/Sud.Gau, because of abuse of the service force for non-service purposes, the field-war court, which met at Nuremberg on 4.lo.l944, took part as judge of the court council Dr. B e c k , as negotiator, Major Tröger, Gren.Ers.Batl. 21 Fürth, Hptm. gau, Lehrg.f.gen.Offz. Nuremberg, as the representative of the prosecution: Court of Justice Council S e y'b as the head of the office: Heeresjustizinspektor W e b e r recognized for right: The defendant is sentenced to non-service for abuse of service: for 9-nine months in prison and to a loss of rank. Reasons: The accused is now 53 years old, married and has 1 child. After the Volks= and Bürgerschule he attended the trade academy in Gablonz for 4 years. He was then mainly self-employed and had a bankd= and exchange office in Budapest for years. Since 1939 he is a clerk at the foreign exchange office Karlovy Vary, he participated in the world= war at the Geb.Art.Reg. l2, l9l8 is dismissed as superior= lieutenant of the reserve. He was awarded the Austrian Order'ssignum ludis, the silver and bronze medal of bravery, the Charles Cross and the frontman's honour= kreuż. In this war he was called on the l5.6.4l and was used mei= at first in the wartime guarding. On 1.7.42 he was promoted to the Hptm.d.R.z.V. and since 26.7.43 head of the 4th/Ldsch. Batl.840 Marktredwitz. He owns the KVK. II.Kl. He is judged to be dutiful, eager to serve, quite reliable, sincere and honest, physically stumped and cleverly segregated with a certain oildatic attitude, he uses ruthlessly and tirelessly, he has the ability to speak, but he is somewhat langatmis at a minimum lecture, with a good understanding of the prisoner-of-war guard= service he is caring for subordinates, sociable and comradely. - The degree of fitness is bd.k.v. He is neither judicial nor disciplinary. He belongs to the NSDAP local group Karlovy Vary since ig38 and at the same time to the i, where he has been the main storm leader since 30.l.44. In the main proceedings, the statement of the defendant and the sworn statements of the Hpfw.Feigel, the Uffz.Weigand and Schneider as well as the Obgefr.Nahr as witnesses to the following facts. 4./Ld.Schtz.Batl.840 Marktredwitz is distributed over so many commas that the relatives receive food stamps.