In the name of the German people
In the case against the shoemaker Stanislaw Bratek of Buchenhang (Lower Silesia), born at Wolbrom (Government General) on 3 January 1920, a Pole, at present held in custody during judicial proceedings, charged with preparation for high treason and other crimes, the People’s Court, First Senate, as result of the trial, held 20 May 1943, in which took part as judges—
People’s Court Judge Laemmle, president
District Court Judge Dr. Schlemann
S.A. Gruppenfuehrer [Major General] Haas
S.A. Gruppenfuehrer Hohm
S.A. Gruppenfuehrer Koeglmaier, as representative of the Reich chief prosecutor
Local Court Judge Dr. Pilz
duly pronounces—
The defendant, as a Pole, ventured to aid the enemy of the Reich by leaving his job in Lower Silesia, on 6 September 1942, to go to Switzerland and to get in contact with the Polish Legion there. After having been arrested first in Munich, he succeeded in escaping from an internment camp with two other Poles and in proceeding toward the Swiss frontier. On his way, he was arrested at Lochau (Vorarlberg).