English Translation

S'an'sfekretärs bo 1To sne IV/2 Za/Kn. in Bohn n1)llubuen. Question, 17 December 1942. Eing. 17 DEC 1942 S t e l l u n g n a h m e. Reference: Order of 16 December 1942 Subject: l.) "The wondrous city" 2.) "Die Straße nach Prag". The book, published under this title, contains stories, poems and pictures that show the reader Prague as a city of narrow alleys and corners in which life runs and often produces miraculous blossoms. Especially Prague's studentship is discussed in detail and continued from the successful one-act Strobl's "Faust in Prague", which plays in the deep Middle Ages, to the studentship of the 90 years of the previous century (Watzlik: Young years in Prague and Pleyer: Fox stroll in Prague). The ghost and haunted stories occupy a wide space, which is understandable in the historical interweaving of the old Prague streets and houses. The poems fit into the appendix. of the book and can be described as legends. The writing is an undemanding and cheerful anthology about Prague. 2.) The author drafts a cultural picture of the situation, performance and attitude of the border Germandom in Bohemia during the Hussite period. In the treatment of the substance Gerlach apparently tried to lean on Ricata Høch "The 30-year-old war" without, of course, achieving this model. The problems are not bound to church; the anti-Hussitic tendency could be better founded. The rich attitude of the Germans of this time is emphasized accordingly. It is about the time from the Kuttenberg Edict to the accident of the crusade Emperor Siégesmund. -2- St. XH-87a/42