The German Army in Belgium, the White Book of May 1915Germany. Auswärtiges Amt
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The German Army in Belgium, the White Book of May 1915
Germany. Auswärtiges Amt
World War, 1914-1918 -- Atrocities; World War, 1914-1918 -- Belgium
Present:
Lieutenant and Adjutant QUANDER, as Officer of the Court.
Acting-Sergeant-Major TROSCHEL, as Secretary.
On citation there appears as witness Reservist Emil Getzke, 2nd
Company, Grenadier Regiment No. 12, now with the 2nd Company of Reserve
Grenadier Regiment No. 12, and after the importance of the oath has
been pointed out, he is examined as follows:
As to Person: My name is as stated. I am 24 years old; Protestant;
fireman by calling, living in Berlin, Winstrasse 58.
As to Case: From August 19th to 26th, 1914, I was in Louvain, wounded,
where I was stationed with other wounded men in a school arranged as a
hospital.
On August 25th, shortly after 9 p.m., we suddenly heard rifle fire
coming from the street, which later on was augmented by machine-gun
fire. As we could see nothing from the window owing to the geographical
position of our house, an Offizierstellvertreter, unknown to me,
called the hospital guard, which was stationed in a building separated
by the school-court, to inquire about the reason for the firing. The
guard having replied to the query, the Offizierstellvertreter ran
quickly over and returned in a few moments. He ordered all lights in
the house to be extinguished, and no one was to fire. On the afternoon
of the following day the hospital was cleared. All the wounded,
I amongst them, were conveyed to the station in a furniture van.
Immediately behind the van, sisters of the Red Cross carried a severely
wounded soldier. When we had arrived at the station, and were about
to leave the van, we were suddenly fired on by civilians who were
passing. None of the wounded were hit, nor the sisters, but a few of
the Landwehr men, who were accompanying the conveyance of the wounded.
They, as well as the guard at the station, at once replied to the
firing. A number of the assailants were hit by rifle shots.
Read over, approved, signed.
Signed: EMIL GETZKE.
The witness was then sworn.
Proceedings closed.
Signed: QUANDER, Officer of the Court.
Signed: TROSCHEL, Secretary.
D. App. 29.
COLOGNE, _November 13th, 1914_.
Royal Government.
Present:
President GREEVEN, as Judge.
Referendary, Dr. WOLTER, as Secretary.
On citation there appears as witness the soldier Dadaczynski, 6th
Company, Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 27, who states:
As to Person: My name is Stanislaus Anton Dadaczynski, aged 31;
Catholic; gardener in Stassfurt, near Magdeburg, at present in the
reserve battalion, Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 27.
As to Case: When my battalion was in a village before Louvain, the name
of which I do not remember, I was taken by a non-commissioned officer
to Louvain on account of lung-trouble, together with two other soldiers
who were suffering with their feet.
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