English Translation

32 Obergruppenführer wanted to have the following message from brigade leader Karrasch this morning: Report of the M-force training ground Bohemia: 1.) Total area of the place 48,000 ha. 2.) Of which cultivated grain areas about 14,000 ha, rest forest (lo.5oO ha), potato and beet land, meadows, water, roads, villages etc. 3.) According to the estimate of the agricultural expert of the 4-head of management office, on 1 January 1944 about 440 ha of cereals were harvested, of which now about 1 5o ha were harvested. The rest were introduced in about 4 days. 4.) Permanent harvest squads of the troop, as well as in addition, depending on the training situation, were and are still in use. On 2l days the shooting was completely stopped on the field of the harvest. A unity moved away without having shot sharp. z. Karrasch. O. fu/ Prague, 22 October 1944. Vlin.