English Translation

65a It can be regarded as certain that the leader in Brannowitz, who at the same time exercises the function of a local farmer, refuses his consent to the application because he does not believe that he is responsible as a German man for the fact that the German farmers of Brannoitz are to be excluded from hunting on their land for all times. It is obviously pervaded by the duty to secure its territory for the German farmers, and in particular the young farmers who are currently standing before the enemy, all the more so because the hunt has been carried out for 60 years in the possession of a German family and only in 1936 was taken away by the Czechs and beaten to the State Forestry Office Seelowitz. According to the man, it would be a great honour for the German farmers at any time if the Herr Reichsprotektor or other leading personalities were to hunt in Brannowitzer areas. However, that the Czech forestry personnel of the state forest office Seelowitz would hunt for themselves on their territory is an impossible imposition for Germanism. I would ask, group leaders, to see from this point of view taken by the local builder and hunting chief, that in the present case it is certainly not a stubbornness par excellence, but rather the commitment of a German man to a cause which he regards as correct. I myself openly declare that I would consider it politically unfavorable if the chief of the hunt were to be removed from office on the basis of the attitude he has taken, and if the matter were subjected to a coercive regime. It is to be expected that, in this case, the local farmers' leaders, as well as the cell leaders in Brannowitz, who are best known in the wider area and who are esteemed as folk fighters, would lay down their party offices, a circumstance that would not cause unrest in the German population living there, but would also not be harmless insofar as the settlement of Dobruja-Deutscher is carried out in the area at that time. I am obliged, group leader, to draw attention to this fact and ask for instructions whether, in spite of the circumstances described above, I would like to give the district captain the order to comply with C's request from the lower hunting authority for the removal of the chief of the hunt Meevr in Brannowitz and the approval of a new chief of hunting. In this context, I should like to point out that the chief of the hunt has agreed to assign a third of the hunting district, i.e. about 4oo ha, to the nature and wildlife reserve of Gross-Seeelowitz, a regulation which has so far been rejected by the commissioner-general of the natural and wildlife protected area of Seelowitz, although, in my view, it is appropriate to meet both the requirements of the nature reserve and the wildlife reserve in Gross-seeolowitz, as well as the interests of the German farmers in Brannowitz. Turlmally 61324 ierm riavaprodencioter Cpeang rit of the Gils iro eleceiegsalne over. a. eE. f 0/74.45