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2 Bohemia Büuo of Siga sfekretä E aMhren oun in Bohman and Mahten. Eing: 14.JAN.1942 BLATT OF THEREICHERSPROTECTORINBOHREN AND MAHREN VOLK AND REICHEN VerLAG GMBH. PRAG, POSTSCHLIESSFACH 38O 2/04 Go/L To Obersturmbannführer Öberregierungsrat Dr. Robert G i e s PRAG.DEN 12.1.1942 Prag IV Czerninpalais XII, SCHWERINSTRASSE 3 FEXNSPRECHER 285-51 Dear Mr. Obers Regierungsberatsrat! On the matter already discussed by the poet Beno von M e c h o w, we can tell you the following: Mr von Mechow received none of the usual duties from the Wehrmacht. Mechow is a poet and one approached him with the question whether he wanted to make a trip to a certain front section in order to collect impressions there and then to reproduce these impressions in reports. Mecow of course did say yes and then the order= and travel papers were handed over to him by the O.K.W. for a period of 3 weeks. So we can say that it is not a service= obligation in the usual sense. This journey should be presented= ch. Lord of task which we put to him the planning for his own book= book ring. The realization of lamental basis for the literary meaning of the book= 40/858 C/1655