English Translation

23 25 May 1939. The Secretary of State. Mr. Ernst Fr a n k , Chief Author, Karlovy Vary. Dear Ernst ! First I ask you to send an ancestor's passport immediately. If you have only one copy, I ask that you issue a duplicate at my expense and send it to Prague. Since I am no longer at all involved in the liquidation of the publishing house, I have to ask the liquidator how the whole matter, concerning your fee, stands at all. I assume, however, that in the winding-up process some mark fee can be ordered for you. Because of the free disposal of the manuscripts I would like to advise you to contact the NS-Gauverlag in any case and to have you expressly confirmed in writing that all publishing rights go back to you. To mother and your family cordial greetings. Heil Hitler ! Your