As to Person: My name is Fritz Marks. I am 23 years old; Protestant;
by calling a factory worker; Reservist of the 2nd Company, Infantry
Regiment No. 165.
As to Case: On August 5th our battalion marched through a village near
Herve in Belgium. A man of the 5th Company came to meet us with the
words, "What brutality! Now they have gouged out the eyes of one of our
Einjähriger." He pointed to the place where the Einjähriger lay. We all
had to go to the place, and saw the Einjähriger lying dead by a garden
fence, with his eyes put out. We were convinced that this was the work
of the villagers. Next day, when we again passed through the village,
we were fired at from cellar gratings and windows, so that orders were
received to disarm the villagers and make them prisoners. We forced our
way into the houses and carried out the order. As, in spite of this,
the firing did not cease, six guilty Belgian peasants were shot by
order of an officer.
Read over, approved, signed.
Signed: FRITZ MARKS.