English Translation

1 copy. The Wehrmacht authorised Prague, 3 April 194o. at the Reichsprotector in Bohemia and Moravia The chief of the staff Sh.d.St. No. 54/4o go. Seheim Betr: Minister Kapras. l. chie dappe lantge.I de. prow. /. 614.40. To the chief of protocol to the Lord Reichsprotektor, envoy Dr. Völckers, BLaE "A V-man reported that Minister K a p r a s d d d Hradisch G a z d a negotiated illegal border crossing, Dr. Johann k a p r a a , Minister of Education and People's Culture, Born in Brno, studied in Innsbruck, Prague and Berlin, lawyer, habilitation at the Czech University of Prague, l9lo extraordinary, l917 full professor, 19l9 staff of the Czech Slovak delegation at the I'riedenkonferenz and in the negotiations with Poland. l92o member of the Deli min. Commission in Hultschin. Scientific work. Board of the Czech School Association. Before the war in the state-law-progressive party, 1917 in the staitrechtl, democratic party, according to i9l8 in the National Democratic Party (Senator) l927-3o member of the Prague City Council, since l935 politically no longer exposed. 1938 Chairman of the Czechoslovak National Council, Masonic lodge "Národni lože československá", Beneschmann, father of the baptized Jew Karpeles." $S3$ Please contact !