“Flight Lieutenants Wernham, Kiewnarski, Pawluk, and Skanziklas.
“On or about 26th March 1944 . . .
THE PRESIDENT: Colonel Smirnov, are you going to read now some of the evidence upon which the report is based?
MR. COUNSELLOR SMIRNOV: Mr. President, I should like to read out only from the text proper and particularly those parts of the report which testify to the methods of investigation applied in the case of individual officers. I should like to begin reading from the paragraph dealing with the three groups of officers.
THE PRESIDENT: Paragraph 4?
MR. COUNSELLOR SMIRNOV: Yes.
THE PRESIDENT: Very well.
MR. COUNSELLOR SMIRNOV: “On or about the 26th of March 1944 these officers were interrogated at the police station in Hirschberg and were then moved to the civil gaol in that town. On the morning of 29th March Pawluk and Kiewnarski were taken away and later in the day Skanziklas and Wernham left. Both parties were escorted, but their destination was unknown. They have not been seen since and the urns later received at the Stalag showing their names bear the date 30th March 1944.”
And now the next group of British officers:
“Squadron Leader Cross, Flight Lieutenants Casey, Wiley, and Leigh, and Flight Officers Pohe and Hake.