English Translation

45 Gruppe I 1 Prag, den/GNovember 1940 E I l a - 1.) Note. Subject: German Party in Slovakia - Acting in the Protectorate On 15 January 1940, Dr. Arnold Franz Lantzberg, Magistrate's Commissioner in Prague I, Saazer Gasse l, was present in a special way at the Wehrmacht in Preßburg, where he was given the address: Pou EngerainB'ppy Deutsche Partei in Pressburg (Vajanský-Lände 9,). Lantz-B berg has been commissioned by the Main Organizational Office of the German Party in Prussia to represent the Slovak nationals of the People's Republic of Poland, =6=1 who live in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. Dr. In the first place, the aim of Lantzberg is to record the national Germans of Slovakia, who live in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. The persons covered are then to be combed according to the point of view whether they are qualified for the special tasks in Slovakia. As far as this is not the case, there is an Ing. Karmasin's no concern about this if these folk Germans acquire the German nationality and remain in the protectorate. However, as far as national Slovak nationals in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia appear suitable for the special management tasks in the South East, they would have to be used for these purposes S later once when there are possible applications. Dr. Lantzberg also thinks of being trusted by the German-Cheá- &ische Kulturbund in South Slavia and also by the popular German movement in Hungary and Romania with the registration of the national German foreign nationals concerned. In order to get an overview at all of how many national Slovak nationals live in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, Dr. Lantzberg asks for the number to be determined according to the foreign registers, which lie with the gom Oberlandraten. Only after knowledge of these figures an organization will be possible. Then the Upper Land Councils are to be instructed to inform the People's Germans of Slovak nationality in particular to the organisational body, as well as the changes in status.