THE GERMAN STATE MINISTRY FOR CHECH AND MORAV, PRAGUE (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 971, sig. 110-8/44

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K II/3 Prague, 14 April-1944 Final reports 69 In the meantime, the investigations against members of dex Einsatzstabes II were continued and brought to an end. The interrogations of the accused and witnesses, which have been carried out in the period from 8.4.1944 until now, have in part led to a different assessment possibility of the case, so that it is necessary to summarize the overall findings in a final report. In particular, Major J u r k presented individual business transactions in a completely different way, in which he even changed his statements several times. He did not shy away from bringing comrades into the urgent suspicion of money suppression and did not withdraw his statements until clearly the opposite could be proven to him. What has already been said in the interim report of April 8, 1944 about the business conduct of the Einsatzstab II can be repeated here again and has only been substantiated as far as unclean manipulations are concerned. There is no doubt that certain accounting transactions and inventory records are no longer subject to doubt. This is the only reason why debits have been arranged and carried out in order to have the possibility of furniture from the outset. (d) the non-payment of certain amounts of money and their non-booking e) the collection account with the name of the payer. Taerr As a witness to the fact that this procedure was based on certain intentions in the above direction, Lieutenant T a r g a t s c h, Ravieroberwachtmeister B a n s h e n b a h, police guard A s s m a n, police inspector G e h r k e and police secretary N e n n . Even Major J u r k admits that certain manipulations have taken place in order to conceal the sales activity of the Einsatz-Stab II (interrogation of 5.4.1944 ). The criminal police investigation has shown that, as has already been said, there is a direct link between the camouflage manoeuvres on the one hand and the charges of property and gengenstarries on certain categories of persons and the diversion of money from others on the other.