STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 748, sig. 109-4/499

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La -2 Preßburger Kreditbank was owned by the Prague Legionbank, Lichner became known as the enemy of the German-Slovak Powdschaft in business circles; so he said that no German promotion was allowed in the Slo-Wak industry. According to unconfirmed reports, which are available from this time, L. At the end of 1939 he was the center of a secret organization carried by legionaries, which also extended to Slovakia and worked in the sense of Czech foreign emigration. During this time he was noticed in Prussia by his lively traffic with former leading officials of the agricultural party. In May 194o Liehner went to Hungary and from there via Yugoslavia to London, Here. In 1941/42 he was a member of the Czech-Slovak Council of State, and in November 1942 he was appointed to the Economic and Financial Committee of the Polish-Czech Confederation. At the same time, the Minister of Agriculture was entrusted with the management of the activities of the "linister for public works". According to the current state of the investigation, Lichner no longer has any relatives in the Protectorate. Meldingen, according to which he took his daughter abroad. Ti - Standartenführer. \ teese Orgae 33/2.43. ME 01114 -hiw