LOCATION OF JACHYMOVA URANIUM MINES/ DETAILS OF THE BRATRSTVI PIT/

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 1, 2012
• Sequence Number: 19
• Publication Date: August 28, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
SUBJECT Location of Jachymova Uranium :.iries/ iietails of
the iiratrstvi pit/
PLACE
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DATE DISTR. ,7 r AUG 51
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2. "The.Jachymova u.?anium ore mines (Jachymovske Bane na Uranovu Rudu, Narodni Podnik)
are situated on the railway line Ostrov-Jachymov, an 8 kin.-long side line, which
meets the main railway line Podmokly-As (in German2Asch) at Ostrov. The most
important towns along this main line are: Podmokly, Usti Nad Labem (Aussig),
Teplice-Sanov (Teplitz-Schonau), Duch cov, Most, Chomutov (Kon:otau), Kodan, Ostrov,
Karlovy Vary (Karlsbad), Cheb (Eger) and As (Asch).b The side line Ostrov-Jachymov
is used very little for passenger traffic and serves almost exclusively for
uranium ore transportation. The railway stations along this line are: Ostrov,
Dolny Zdar, Horny Zdar and Jachymov. Parallel to this line runs a first class
highway (8-9 m. wide). Along this highway there is a small brook, the Rokytka0
In 1950 a further side line was built to the village of Kraliky, which is used
exclusively for freight transport. To the South from the latter tracks there are
two store-houses surrounded with barbed-wire: the 'Kravin?, and a second near to
the village Kraliky. Between the highway and the line Ostrov-Jachymov, South of
.the station Horny Zdar, there is a barrack camp for civilian employees. At this
point a third class road crosses the tracks, which leads to the largest prisoner
camp in present Czechoslovakia, in the immediate vicinity of the village Vykmanov.
Of the 8,000-9,000 prisoners kept in this camp, most of them are former soldiers,
many officers from the rank of Captain upwards, the majority of whoan are serving
forced labour sentences of 15-20 years.
"Next to the. railway station of Jachymov, near to the road. is the former bath
building. Opposite to it is, the movie theater 'Adrie' and the medical ward
'Osetrovna Jachyyvskych 7olu', which is reserved exclusively for the civilian
employees of the mi:nub.
"At the former bath building the main road branches off: the left road leads to
the village of Jachymov, to the pits 'Elias', 'Svornostt, 'Rovnost' and 'Clement';
while the right branch leads to. the pit 'Bratrstvi'b At the cross roads is the
Hotel Praha and the personnel-department of the Jachymov mines (osobni- Oddeleni
Jachymovskych Dolu). On the same side of the rbad as the bath house are the
buildingsof the SNB and the STB. Further on this side, in the direction of the
pit 'Bratrstvi' there are several administration buildings of the mines, the stores
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Tabacka8 and the pa;:' DES, wori.shops and motor pools for the .vehicles of the mines.
5. " 1.i. five pits of tie Jaciryr.;lova mine region are sepe.rEtted within a circle of 3-4 kirz>
each. The largest : iti is the 1Bratrstvil, where ;:about l,'too prisoners are. employee,
whi'.e in each of the t,,utier pits about 1,500 prisoners are working. The single pits are
under separate acii-:r:i.nist, talon and each is a separate establishment for itself.
6. Brame?stvi pit
Between the above-rent , atca. cross roads and the B 3ratrstvi' the distance is about
2.5 ktito The Police guar:-:;s, 'Lie oNB and the aarriinistrative offices are located near to
the entrance of the pi,. to these, but a:.-ready within the surrounding barbed-wire
fence cri re is the camp o.i prisoners, which, in aczuition to the barbed-wire fence, is
surrouin leci m- so with a sec.:r nigh fence. In the neighbourhood of the prisoner camp
there is a storage house :material, next to which is the building which houses the
establishment council. of i~r :',:.ruyo in the same building there are also washing rooms
for civilian employees ter. ; the offices of the ulaster ruiners. Next to this building
is a piece where the ueiore descending to the :pit receive numbered tin stamps.
When they return from work, r ; .eliver these setups again at the same place. If one
number is , issing, it can be ?v:: ed that some accident occurred and a search starts
forthwith.
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"Opposite 4ie latter building i L,iJO entrance to the pit. Parallel to the path for the
workers the.r,..s a narrow-gauge" ._ i at atria L raiii ay -Line with 2 tracks. Inside the
mountain, about 4-5uu mo froia to entrance there are 'elevator-baskets, with which
the workers L. ocend to and from: the ?hafts.+eft of the exit, there are two tracks. On
the first one re the carriages the w-th waste material (gravel, clay), while on the
other the empt, ce;.r r:iages are coIi"J.ng back. To the right hand, the uranium ore is being
stored for sort.-Log and is taken there to stores for a.3sorted uranium ore. Near to
the, entrance there as also an ofl_ceor the geologists and the establishment leaders.
North of the entr ace higher on tie ."s Lope of the mountain is the villa of the establish-
ment leader, Eng.,o.eer hindler.
8. "Leading Police :,eroonnei at the "Bre-trstvi' pit-,
1. Staff (,app iin :3ozef Jiricicy cuiiatarideiol the pit.
' 'i;.e prisoners ;;enerally like him,
because t i.ey have the impress iori that he is just. The pr Lsoners are allowed
to report n-. n crzeir eon, ?i< i.ri s and griev:_nces. It is nown that Jiricky
forbade the oa ing of priso::_:..?fl
2. Chief Jarg :aril . rant].sek Zia,
3. caenek _ .:. ch ? >, trio r:. ht-h .
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"A unit of 30 S Ti. sos: ves i.L the i rot .. ?:.t,. They are 24 hours on duty and are
then a , for the rig.--C rr Lours. !'tic: a :arv .c:e is relieved every 3 hours. The duty
is 3.l r angea in xe that a.< er k-.;ch SNB man has 2 days free, Sunday in-
elu.xert, as the
r'1'1ie prisoner z_i:rd i ~s > ;ii, ;,!i 3. 'rie only difference is that while the -60 ui,,re r t B iien h8v 3 ice nsigna.a, uhf: _ ut E r hove violet ones a There are 50 prisoner
guar s at the 1 N1- t: ;stv_ i Jit. ,. Ley an r;e ral much more brutal to the prisoners
that:.. the regula.. S dB~r_, , o
`'The pr .Hers Wit. r r i a ;:. 1.4 p.m. and from 14 p.m. to 22 porj.
Before each or .:.e checked. Two people from the >shift remain
in 'is'e camp c _L.: ...r. .
12. 'TL'.o wor Tker- going o size sLi.' z .c=-v_ numbers area carbide ie ups. Before enter-
ng 1;%e Siitti.u'i,s Lilry .re _..ii3i;t.s G _:_i i', u i X, 1gle civilian skllleu t orcerSo Most of
the prisoners bring the b..aste uz' _i.ai r .. ac,.e -co -L,he surface. However, some of them are
employ:(,: as umrd.._,leu Labourers zr .''.firs _ to masons,
locksriiiths anu carpenters.
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II y tiio gh FJt.:_1C1ayl? tie --iii s J act ~
i, the i.iris&3~2Ei:'"., oiten Yv ort? somewhat
ss This oerids i.; vi.1' ii ;i:i.ner to whom the respective Troup h?.a
been as, igne ;. =?.;x} o fife-}' o , ~rI t" l owar?_ lS te
to avi"'" pr*: loners solTiet:ui:eS 61ve:
them cigarettes anu otter o L i zvours. The gcnera - go.xi re.Lations between the ?riso-
ners mnu Cale supervising c, Vww, .