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Pago 2Approximately in 1940, Subject enlisted in the Forbim Legion. Ho was accepted in Peris and sent via Lyon-arseille-Port St. Jern to Sidi-bel-Ables. February-August 19 ho was staticred in Tunesia (Susa).From Subject's narrative it may be assinad that he was not a bad soldier and that he actually liked to serve. He said that he had been suggested for officers training bit that this did not ratorialize (possibly because France ves cccupied in the meantime). Subject's highest rank was that of a Pic (or equivalent thereof). According to hin this rank has som prostice in the Legion.In the saza unit with Subject there were atout 12 Georgians, a number of Armenians, soce Spaniards, and Jews. Subject knew of a so-called Coorzien Company which subsequently was encircled by the Gorcens; however, he did not belong to this company. The occupation of France in April/May 1911 endat his military career. He was demobilized and returned to Parie.b. During WAfter the discharge from the Legion Sulject felt a great desire to fight for France, He told us that he loved Prance and that he wanted to do something for his chosen homeland, However, it seems that he never got around to doing anything about this ambition. He cald jokingly that combers of the resistence were not listed in telephone directories, and therefore he did not know how το make contact with them, in the owner hand it appeasia that he did not try very hard and that his love for independance (perschal Independence) was greater than his wish to join any collectiva maistaica activity. Thus he decided to act on his own.Ho told us that at this time there was some recruitment of labour-forces in France for Garusny. He decided to enroll as labourer. He wont to a certain office in Paris and was sent in due course to Germany. For a while he worked in a synthetic gacoling plant in Beelitz near Ferlin, Su ject said that this was the only tire that he was actually steadily explosed. Because the Georplans ware rather esteered by the Germans, he had certain freedons. For a while he lived with a carried German woman and renorally sparking, it appears that he had a couple of other girl-friends on the side. For some reason or other he also worked in a mainitions plent. When playing " (as he told us) with a small hand cronade, ora of his fingers was crippled.It is obscure how he obtained another job in Germany, but it is probably a fact that he worked as a driver for the SKK (National Socialist Party Motorized Corps).It is felt that Subject actually went carly into the black marketing racket. He told ce that he had traveled extensively and had been in occupied Poland (Lodz for example). Ha tormed thees travelo as "fun" becauso to had enough money to spend (ergo black market). It might also be possible that h traveled in conjunction with the forced documents business he had begun.It is not quite clear what prompted hla to start forfing passes into and out of Germany. During the intervies he claimed that his at was to help Imprisoned into pet back to Trance. Hovortheless, although a plausible reason (itas mentioned that he wanted to help France), it is felt that the ulterior motivos right still have been love of excitement and v to mako monay. Technically spocking Subject miss have been an accomplished forger. He told us that his past studies at the cinematographic technicia had riven hin valuable techniques to be applied to photo-mechanical ferging of documents, stamps, and cachota.It is folt that he must have had accomplices. Nevertheless in clai that he did not wer with the franch Protatanca althcuri it sitt be ponattle and probablo that they gave his arm or the other order to fill. At a ceri point Subject ancto arout working rough intendiariosand cut-out.Generally in it still aight be possible that ho actually verked with the French Realutaren bat does not wish to tell us.