English Translation

16 November 1941. R.Pr. St.S. 451/41 To the Deputy Prime Minister Dr. Krejčí, Prague. Dear Minister ! Under the suspicion of anti-rich activity and conspiracy with illegal resistance groups from the Home State Police-Chairman of Bohemia, Dr. Jaroslav M e z n i k, on 14.11.1941, after 10 o'clock in the morning, put an end to his life by suicide in the police prison Kaunitzkolleg in Brno. I ask you to take note of this fact and to inform your government of it. You can see the circumstances surrounding the course of the suicide from the supplement. The relatives of the deceased were informed by the state police station in Brno. The urn with the ashes was handed over to them. The addition of the urn has only to happen in the smallest family circle in silence. With the expression of excellent esteem i.v. 2.) Wv. after Abgalig with me.