The Marian Martyrs of Rosica

CHAPTER FIVE UNIQUE DOCUMENT: TRAGIC END OF THE MISSION IN ROSICA The only surviving firsthand document concerning the tragic events which we are presenting in this book is preserved in the General Archives of the Marians in Rome. It was written in German on March 12, 1943, less than a month after the trag- ic events it describes. It consists of eight typewritten pages. The name of the place where it was written and the author’s name are missing. We don’t know how the document found its way to the General Curia of the Congregation of Marians in Rome. Probably it is a copy. A stamp in Italian is affixed to it: “Received on July 26, 1943.” The Superior General, Rev. Peter Buczys, annotated it as follows: In tabularium secretum + P.B. (for the secret archive). On the next page, under the text of the document, in German: “Caution: The name and title of the eyewitness temporarily cannot be disclosed.” In the same handwriting, the names of priests which were spelled phonetically in the text, are spelled correctly as follows: In the text: Cecot In the note: Rev. Felix Czeczott, MIC Kasira Rev. George Kaszyra, MIC Lascevski Rev. Walter Laszewski, MIC Liscevic Rev.AnthonyLeszczewicz,MIC For the most part, the information contained in the document may have come from the Sisters, but there are also military details that the Sisters didn’t know. The author of the document knew about the activities of the people, the lay of the land, and the situation at the front. But he did not know any details con-