STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 2663, sig. 109-12/311 (damaged)

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yya drive against Burgel with the goal of making żie at any cost vøn a connection with me. In addition to the family members, numerous well-known and famous Trier families participated in this, probably also åuf cause of the clergy, which does not, however, particularly appear here with what means were now worked here in detail, I do not need to describe to you as an expert of the Trier relations - they were partly really infam. I only mention the threat that the mother - indeed suffering from very high blood pressure - will not bear the shame that her condition will become worse, that she may die, and that Burgel will then be to blame for your death. Burgel has been so complicated that I received a telegram from her in the middle of December in Poznań, in which she announced her arrival for one of the next days. Of course, that was not possible, because my ministry did not allow me to take care of her, and I therefore talked her out by phone. At the same time, however, the already mentioned short Christmas holiday had become known, and I therefore accepted aug Burgel's proposal to make us publicly engaged in Christmas, so that a fact was created in front of the Trier public that it would only be able to deal with badly, one would now also shy away in these circles the renunciation of a public loss. Instead, I assumed that all efforts would be directed towards making me a church wedding and a church. With this knowledge of action, however, as I realized later, I failed to meet the engagement order. However, in view of Burgel's need, I saw no other possibility. To help her, but also not to put me with the SS posts in the few for the last days and I had to help her because she had so tapped - how bravely, you, dear comrade Gies, can measure best. Burgel has then ë against the ter and benefices her involvement - the engagement cards you have the ad meanwhile ha certainly also erha step has fann also had the expected effect i she now leaves quite in peace and concentrated the efforts. I have meanwhile presented the