English Translation

Copy . K II/3 Prague, April 5, 1944 He si BS0A gGEN 77 V e r h a n de I t . On subpoena the merchant Robert H a n i s c h appears; born on August 30, 1944 in Vienna, residing in Proşsnitz, Bismarckstrasse 4-6, and explains on questioning: With the major of the protection police J u r k I became known already before Yahweh in Berlin. I myself am a member of the Common-4 and SD in the range of a 4-main-sturm leader. I met Major J u r k again in Prague. Besides that, I was very well known personally with Major Ju r k. It is true that I bought larger posts of fur goods and icy pictures, as well as other small things from the camp Upo in Prague . The goods have been offered to me by Major J u r k himself. The fur goods are those which are no longer suitable for the local use, i.e., I may have paid together about 400 000.- crowns. I am a Tnhaber of the company H a n i s c h u. Co., clothing factory, which is connected to a large Kürschnerbetrieb. The purchases have gone through my books, the paid amounts have been booked on a settlement account for the time being. The fur goods should be rearranged in my company for use and partly supplemented from my own fur stocks. Originally it was agreed, and I personally negotiated Carüber with Major J u r k at the Einsatzstab II that the fur goods of the Wehrmacht should be offered. I also did so. I sent the offer to the agency responsible for the Protectorate, the Heereskleidungs- amt Wien. Because of the amount of the prices the offer was rejected. There is correspondence in this regard with me. After that, I obtained permission to rework at the Ministry of Commerce's supervising office in Prague and expressly noted that the items had been bought by the Einsatzstab II. The reprocessing has already begun in part. The product was then to be presented after the establishment of the Supreme Prize Authority for the determination of the calculation surcharges. The sale in my plants to German followers or other needy Germans was planned. I would like to stress that the goods have been taken over by me at a relatively high price, so that I originally wanted to withdraw from the purchase, but then also because the preparatory work with the authorities provided me with many difficulties so-called delivery notes from a block. I did not know anything about the existence of such books. On the other hand, I held a written confirmation of the purchase on paper with the headbow "German Ministry of State for Bohemia and Moravia" with the stated total amount and in the annex a list with piece, number and price seperate. I have this view: found perfectly in order. I paid the amounts of money partly in cash, partly by cheque. In part, the