THE GERMAN STATE MINISTRY FOR CHECH AND MORAV, PRAGUE (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 310, sig. 110-4/156

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59a 1 until the end of September l936 var ich only as 2nd legationary secretary , later as i. legationsselretär of the embassy in Berlin.In October lg36 I was transferred to the Aussemministerium in Prague as ministerial superior cormniesar.On l.July l938 I was again assigned to the legation in Berlin as 1st legation secretary and at the same time appointed to sectional council nit rank from l.April 1938. From March 20th, 1939, I worked in the temporary office in Berlin. I was assigned special duties with l.lai l939 in the Legal Department /Referat R IX ,Head of Secret Council Dr. Schiff- ner/. With l.July I was allocated to the German Embassy in Sofia. On October 1st, I was appointed Chief Section Councillor at the Ministry of the Interior in Prague and was on leave until the end of my employment at the German Embassy in Sofie. In April, I began my ministry at the Interior Ministry in Prague. 5 language skills: technical and French in word and writing, etwes Bulgarian and English. I am married to Ruth née Wendenburg,Daughter of the City Council Dr.Friedrich Wendenburg,Stedtrates in Wroclaw and Beauftrggten for the health care in Lower Silesia. I have a son Otto,born in Sofie on 9 August lg43. I was a member of the Sudeten German Party. I am a Member of the NSDAP,my Miégglidäumer is 7,218,295 of 1.X.1939. I have never listened to another party. Assessments can be submitted about me : envoy Dr. Altenburg, Foreign Ant,Berlin. Head of the regional group Dr. Drechsel,Sofia, secret council Dr.Sehiffner, Federal Foreign Office, Berlin. P r a g ,am 6.May 1944. gez.Dr.M.Frhr.v.Helversen. 19269