English Translation

39 The pager of the fibtnilun (Rulturpolitik) Prague, the 2nd Mirz 1945 IV-B#K f1 To the Minister of State SS-Obergruppenführer F r a nk. dse Subject: 65th birthday of the painter FerdinandStaeger. Attachment: ee" CeqOue GBEON AN l. "Der Neue Tag." in his Sunday edition tomorrow brings a detailed appreciation of Staeger by the author Meyer. 2. Furthermore, in the German Sunday press of the Protectorate, it is intended to bring a message that the Reichsprotector Staeger has sent a letter of congratulations and a gift of honour and that the German Minister of State for Bohemia and Moravia, in his native association, has warmly congratulated the artist. 3. Since a letter of congratulations on the current transport containers is probably not considered, I propose the following telegram from the Minister of State: g&i:d Professor Ferdinand S t a e g e r Steigenberghof Pe n z b e r g (Oberbayern) (Address) On your 65th birthday I send you my warmest congratulations. Your homeland Bohemia Wnd Mthren commemorates even in difficult days of the struggle of the "Ehrres künstlerischer Werk". Heil Hitler! Her K. H. Fr a n k 7 German Minister of State for Bohemia and Moravia.