STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 2750, sig. 109-14/53

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108a) The funeral, which is musically framed by the chapel of the Order = police, takes the following course: 1.) The mourning march from Beethoven's As major Sonata. 2.) The memorial speech of the General Superior Daluege. 3.) A verse of the "i-Treuelied", 4.) The commemorative speech of RF/y and the wreath of RFy. 5.) A stanza of the song of "Good Kemerads", 6.) The songs of the nation. The guard then steps off from the sergeant, the bearers lift up the coffin and carry it to the Lefette in front of the main gate. On the castle square, the battalions of honour took place in a row. In front the batallion of honor of the weapons-y, behind it a combined battalion of the Wehrmacht,l Comp. Luftwaffe, 1 comp. Heer, 1 Comp. RAD, 1 Komp. Ordnungspolizei. The musical and musical march of the weapons-4 are on the right wing of the L.Komp. As soon as the coffin is lifted onto the lafette, the musical march by the Waffen-ý plays the Präsentiermarsch. 7.) The march of honor battalions on the coffin standing in front of the middle portal on the Lafette• The chapel of the police plays the funeral march. (Trummelsehläger joins in). 8.) March of the funeral procession in the following order: a) Spielmannszug and Musikzug der Waffen-z. b) Ehrenbataillon der Wassen-. e) Kombiniertes Ehrenbataillon. di Spielmanszuge and Kapelle der Ordnungspolizei. e). Ehrenkompenie der Ordinungspolice. f) Kranzträger-Abteilung in Stärke von 80 Mann der Sicherheitspolize. The crown of the RFý follows, behind it the casket of the Order, then the lefette with the coffin at a distance. Behind the lafette on foot the prominent guests and first General Daluege and the State= secretary 4-Greppenführer Frank. At a distance follow the higher leaders, then in distance the other guests of honour. 0) 400