English Translation

1177 o0ta S. D.-Funkstelle Wien 0706brtr Aivake dagebalte Funktach. W i e n , 17 October 1938. SA181 46 To the head of the SD-Hauptamt Zentralabteilung II/l z.Hd. SS-Staf. S i x. Durchschlag an III. Immediately present! Betr.: Dissolution of Masons in Slovakia. While the Czech lodges disbanded themselves due to Ø fear of dissolution, the lodges in Slovakia were dissolved by the Slovak government at an early stage. In the palace of the Slovak Masonic lodges in Preßburg, the police, with the help of the Hlinka Guard, have already confiscated the inventory of the entire facility and 1 million Kè and declared the house in which all of the Prussian lodges were accommodated, Slovak national property. On the other hand, it is still questionable whether the lodge houses outside of Prussia were occupied. A corresponding pressure was exerted from here on the authoritative places in Prussia. On the basis of the material now clear relations of the Viennese with the Prussian lodges can be proved. Occupied and secure are also with the entire inventory the Bene brith lodges. The transfer - 2 -