STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1943, sig. 109-6/35

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39 B.Nr. V - 788/40 Prague, 15 November 1940. 4h 1.) Note: I have re-examined the question of the government commissioner Dr. Br a u n on the spot. Dr.Br au n was formerly a lawyer in the Sudetengau (Bayerische Ostmark) d a T of the area, which has now come to the Bavarian Eastmark by the separation. Dr. Br a u n is a transverse head, but he obviously tries to solve his task in Taus. As he has explained, Gauleiter Wä c h t e r has given him the order to make Taus a German city. He is now of the opinion that he cannot solve this task if the city's leading economic and other intelligence circles sit in the concentration camp. To a certain extent, he is right in that life in Taus is indeed quite difficult to get back into motion as a result of the arrest of the entire intelligentsia, which seems even more important at the moment, however, since a rather strong German garrison is there. In my opinion, it will be very difficult to find a suitable replacement for Br a u n, which is willing to sit in the dirt nest T a u s as a German with a relatively low content. I do not believe that a better replacement for br a n can be found. If, after the 17.1l, about 20 prisoners from Taus were to succeed in his permanent intervention at the State Police Department in frequent intervention applications. If, as a whole, he were not the completely appropriate man, he would be replaced by: -ta tm blick: She would also, in Checnen's case in particular, bring about a return which, in the interests of the reputation of Germanism, would not succeed.