THE GERMAN STATE MINISTRY FOR CHECH AND MORAV, PRAGUE (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 893, sig. 110-7/55

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26 SS-Pz.Jg.(Stu.Gesch.) Ausb.u.Ersb.Abt.3 Wotitz, 30 October 1944 Ia/Ko./K. Betr.: Hallow damage. Reference: there. Letter Ia - 63 u 10/P/U of 28.10.44 Commandant of the Wafts - Bohemia and Mahp To the - 1 NOV 1944 Commander of the Arms-SS Bohemia and Moravia, Abt. Ia, "E Ic * Schl. Fu. Vorw St.0. Stab. Prag. Based on the letter of 28.10.44 I asked all Kp. leaders of the training companies, which are outside the Tr.Üb.Pl., about the prepared ground damage. All Kp. leaders explained that, according to my order, they had so closely supervised the formation of the company that the actual damage to the ground was extremely small. A cutting of the fields with chained vehicles, so that the seed has broken down three times, if not four times, is not known to any Kp . leader. In order to make precise observations, it is asked to make clear to the district head of the district in which the area damage has been caused. In my opinion, a major damage to the ground cannot have been done at all, because considerable quantities of petrol are required to disintegrate whole fields, which are not available at all. On 5.11.1944 the division is moved to the Tr.Üb.Pl., so that land damage can no longer occur outside the square. Jaon o. saer6 gesa Lhidgale) : let w gu Coas SS-Sturmbannführer u. Abt.-Commander Eingegingen Abtonung I 6. XI.1944 St.M.V\B-25{e/44