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Protocol

recorded on April 23, 1945.

On April 23, the gendarmerie in Teplá requested that I find a place in which to bury 10 corpses.

These corpses came from a trek led by an SS- Oberscharführer. This trek spent the night in a field barn of the Teplá Abbey near the cemetery.

Among these corpses was a woman who had been shot dead. Identity of the corpse unknown.

I assigned a place inside the abbey cemetery. The bodies were buried by two SS men, who belonged to this trek, and a man from Gängerhof.

Stamp:

Building Authority Teplá Abbey.

(Contains a sketch of the burial site)

Signature illegible

Cemetery in Teplá Abbey.

Verified by:

Teplík m. p.

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Protocol,

Recorded on April 26, 1945.

On the evening of April 25, 1945, I was informed that there were eight corpses in the [field barn] near the cemetery in Teplá Abbey. I immediately contacted the gendarmerie in Teplá by telephone.

The next day around midday, I saw that these corpses were buried in a grave outside the cemetery wall. The corpses came from a trek which had been led by an Oberscharführer of the SS two days ago.

Building Authority Teplá Abbey.

(Contains a sketch of the burial site)

Signature illegible

Friedhof in Stift Teplá

Note: The municipality of Nesnitz buried the corpses of 4 Russians near the aforementioned grave over the next few days. Inmates or civilians unknown.

Note: The Building Authority: The cemetery in Teplá Abbey is overcrowded and the piece of land on which these graves are located can be temporarily fenced off with a solid fence until a solid wall is built.

Verified by:

Teplík m. p.

Protocol No. 5

12. 8. 1945

Protocol

recorded with Jaeger Albert, worker at the estate Město Teplá, German nationality.

On April 25, 1945, a group of inmates, led by SS people, came to the property and demanded a barn for the night. The inmates came from Fichtenhof. They had striped clothes, but some also had civilian ones underneath. They were not in bad shape, they only had bad footwear. Since the military bakery was also located at Stifthilf at the time, they moved freely among members of the Wehrmacht and were also given things by members of the Wehrmacht. Jäger Albert says that the inmates were of different nationalities, but he does not believe that they were Jews. He is unaware that members of this transport were shot dead or beaten to death. He did not hear shots. When asked if he was unaware that there are graves of deceased inmates in Teplá, Jäger answers that he had only heard about it. The inmates left no names behind. He had carried out the order to cook potatoes for the inmates and exceeded the prescribed quantum, since he noticed that the inmates would have starved. He had noticed that members of the Wehrmacht treated the inmates far better than members of the SS. However, he did not notice violent treatment.

The protocol was recorded by W. Zeew Scheck in the presence of HerrOberleutenant Singer, and Miss Dorit Terner, which the witnesses hereby attest by handwritten signature.

Names and Birthdates of Witnesses:

William Zeev Scheck 13. 5. 1920

Albert Jäger 21. 2. 1897

Robert M. Singer Lt. Rus 22. 11. 1919

Ternerová Dorit 28. 9. 1925