STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 2464, sig. 109-12/111

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THE GERMAN AUTOMOBIL-CLUB E. V. Munich 22, October 1939 Königinstraße 11a 3 DDAC Th THE PRESIDENT 2/1 Dear DDAC member! The leader of the German motor trade, Reichsleiter Korps- führer Hühnlein, has authorized that the l934 closed rows of the DDAC-tribe group will be reopened until 3l December 1939 on the occasion of the creation of the Great German Reich. The DDAC family group is the founding group of the German Automobile Club, and the Stammgruppen-Ehrennadel with the year l939 is the visible award for those drivers of the Sudetenland and the Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia, who made themselves available for the construction of the Deutscher Automobil-Club in Sudezenland and in the Protectorates. With this letter, I would like to extend my cordial congratulations to you, and I would also like to thank you for joining the DDAC group following the first call of the German Automobile Club. As honest as my thanks, my request to you, too, is to continue to work to the fullest possible extent in the fulfilment of the great tasks assigned to the German motor vehicle industry. We want to be the pioneer of motorization, shoulder to shoulder with the National Socialist motor vehicle corps. Help by exemplary behavior in traffic to strengthen the reputation of the German automobile club and advertise - wherever you can - the DDAC new friends. Heil Hitler! THE GERMAN AUTOMOBIL-CLUB e. V. The President: ow x