NĚMECKÉ STÁTNÍ MINISTERSTVO PRO ČECHY A MORAVU, PRAHA (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 213, sig. 110-4/59 Page 14 · 14 of 53
THE GERMAN STATE MINISTRY FOR CHECH AND MORAV, PRAGUE (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 213, sig. 110-4/59
English Translation
- 12 - 13 and this continued until his arrest, that is to say almost as long as Count C z e r n i n contrary to the prohibition, after his admission of allerdijgs less frequently. He was unresponsive: but in part interested in military movements, although it cannot be assumed that he has shut down the plitic sentiments that were spread by the foreigners in connection with the purely military news. For him, however, there are some circumstances, especially in his own person, which could be considered with a mitigating effect. He fought for the entire duration of the first world war in the Austrian army in almost all places of war. His bravery has been recognized by several awards, also his attitude in court, which is linked with a confession of guilt, speak in his favor. Finally, it was also to be noted that his age and his assaulted health make the imprisonment for him more palpable than for the much younger fellow defendants. Therefore, in its case, the court could remain in prison for three years under the penalty requested by the defendant and recognize that the atonement was appropriate. Apart from the fact that the defendant, Prince de Rohan, heard the English channel about 15 times after his undisputed admission, it can be taken into account that as an Englishman, he has no duty of loyalty over the empire. It is all the more obvious that he did not start with the foreigner's retirement until after his admission, after which he was released from the detention centre. The hearing of the foreigner and the thus attested legal ambiguity as a response to the favor given to him by the empire mean: however, a complete set-up of elementary duties of loyalty, which appears all the more frasier, when Prince de Rchan, as he has expressly assured in the main negotiation, went well in the internment camp; he only felt the separation from the family painfully, also the accused Prince de rchan has distinguished himself in the struggle of the central powers during the First World War, finally also applies to him, that he is in compliance with a disease, a severe heart disease existing for years. the detention additionally hard found nut.