STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1296, sig. 109-4/1050

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Prague, 25 June 1942. etetnetta aeb eesite if THE PRIMATOR-STELLVERTRETER SUSpA e THE MAIN CITY PRAG. G.Z.241 /42. fogn atarf-roirbvel-byedatef ge TG Activity report of the primator deputy representative Prof. Dr. Pfitzner for the period from l./IV. to _30./VI. l942. If with the assumption of the office of the deputy Reichsprotektor by SS-Obergruppenführer Heydrich a new section in the history of the Protectorate began, then his too earlier tragic death by a ruthless murder hand meant in the turmoil of all the fates not only of this space, but of the security of the old Reich participating German people. Since this incident happened in the walls of Prague, Reinhard Heydrich's personal fate was particularly closely linked to this city, in whose thousand-year history this --gd event is without example. Bulowka City Hospital, located near the crime scene. The NCE German head of this hospital Prof.Dick himself carried out the necessary surgery and it seemed as if he had been given the last of the medical care, provided all the means of assistance that were tangible in a hurry. the disease will continue to be favorable. The more unscathed then the customer arrived from the sudden death of the Reich Protector. At a funeral session of the Administrative Commission of the capital city of Prague, on 9 June, the Prime Minister and I expressed their disgust at the terrible crime and deep sympathy of the Capital City of Prague with the heavy losses suffered by the leaders and the empire. I then asked Mr. Deputy Reich Protector SS-Oberstgruppenführer and General- oberst der Polizei Daluege in writing to agree that the capital city of Prague honors Reinhard Heydrich's memory in a particularly visible and lasting form. I suggested that 1. the Burgstädter Ring in Reinhard HeyDrich-Platz,