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bV copy of Assessor Benninghaus 24 April -41. I/3941/41 To the address Oskar W ö h r l e Feldpost-Nr. 25 461 PW Dear Sir ! After the return of a business trip, to my greatest regret, I will only be able to answer your letter to me today. I can also thank you for the soldier's breviary "Comrader in the Grey Army", which I am graciously entitled to. I cannot share your view of my action against your Hus novel to my greatest regret.Since I do not know to what extent and by what extent you have taken note of my input, I can briefly inform you of the development of the process.For almost 20 years I have been dealing with questions of border and national politics, especially of the German East. In this work, I naturally soon encountered the Hus problem in general and in particular. After having been in charge of the Federation of the German East for 5 years, I had to deal with the interests of the East in my service, and of course I also had to look into your novel, after the Czech press revealed you as the author of the well-known Hus novel from An- lass of the Erwin von Steinbach Prize. From this presentation, you would like to note that your -2-