English Translation

In Beha zatomnahcent Dear Secretary of State! In a rather embarrassing matter, which concerns the German landowners in the Sudetengau and myself, I allow myself, Mr. State Secretary, to address to you. On 16 December 1942 Dr. Bruno Helbig was appointed to Prague VII. Hermannsgasse 8 was arrested by the Gestapo and has not yet been released. German big green owners and myself are therefore very concerned. We are not pretending that this gentleman had been in debt against the Reich or the Fartei; he was a front officer in the world arieg and, when the German landowners opposed the expropriation efforts of the Land Office by establishing the Association of German Landowners, was elected syndieu of this association and, in this capacity, not only advised the members of the Association, but also successfully represented themselves in the negotiations in the Landamt and thereby gained great merit for Germanism. In the critical days of September l938, when the Teschechian military and police entered Marienbad, Dr. Helbig was in Mariánské Lázně and during this time he had food and hot drinks by car, which our house in Marienské Làd and St.S.E-67d/42