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

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66 156 -3 After that: Address of /-Oberstgruppenführer and General Oberst of the police Daluege. (Duration approx. 2o minutes).After that: The music plays a verse of (-Treuelie- des. After: e cr After: wreath laying by the Reicheführer-l. During the wrench laying the music plays the song of good comrades. After that: wreath layings by General Oberst Daluege, State Secretary Frank for Reich Protector Freiherrn von Neurath and his own person and by a representative of the Reich Security Chief Office. Then: National anthems. After the end of the national anthemes the specially designated celebrity cranes are accepted. The wrench carriers prepare themselves according to special instructions. Your places are provided on the walkway in front of the lattice of the Burghof, at the end the wreath of the Reichsführer. Followed by the Order's cushion carrier. The police stand and the flag of the weapons marches to their units. The coffin bearers now approach and take up the coffin. The coffin is carried by the freed passage to the now advanced lafette in front of the castle gate and fastened on it. As soon as the coffin has set in motion, the funeral parade proves the military testimony of honour. The sign for the passing of the present animal march is given by the master of the weapons by the gunman. The family members, the next relatives of the deceased as well as the top Dgs