English Translation

THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ORDER POLICE WITH THE GERMAN STATE MINISTER PRAG XIX., January 1944 FOR BOYS AND MOURNING General-Roettid-Strasse 14. Fernpuf-Formemt-Reichuprotector Gd. D 2 Ororfisne-N Pagtass bes NebemanshluesNumber-atothtor in Böhnen . Mäheen adjutont aara Higher 4- and police leader for Bohemia and Moravia - i.e. the adjutant - Obtln.d.Res. Borgs in Prague, Czernin-Palais. Reference: Morning report of 8.1.1944, No. 1. Rottwachtmeister d.Gend.d.Res. 'L a n t s c h a from the German Gendarmerie post in Friedeck was attacked by 6 unknown men and robbed of his service weapon on 7.1.44 at 19.15 o'clock in the passenger train between the stations Hnojnik and Woikowitz. Lantscha was on a service trip. The raid took place during the journey into a double compartment of the 3rd class. The compartment was not illuminated. Upon entering the compartment by Lancha at the station Hnojnik this was initially occupied with 3 men and a woman. Later the 6 criminals came into the double compartment. Immediately after the train's departure, a man approached Lancha, lit his face with a flashlight, pointed a gun at him and asked him to hand over the weapons and his money. Lancha immediately grabbed his pist oil. At the same time, he was lit up by the remaining 5 criminals with pocket-lamps and directed six pistols at himself. Lancha then left his pistol in the pistol pocket. At the same time, the criminal standing in front of Lancha cut off the Lancha's coupling and took it into possession with the pistol. The remaining passengers in the compartment (3 men and 1 woman) were threatened by the criminals with the guns and prevented from providing assistance. On the station Woikowitz (next station to Hnojnik - distance 5 km) 5 criminals got out. The sixth criminal prevented the abattoirs from getting out under threat of weapons. To St. M. VIA-3l