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15 W.CHRISTOFFERS DRESDEN-N.6, Angelikastrafle 1 d. 2. 7. 41. Telex 57098 Btn is 3 1 in Bujm t 1lan.en. Eing.: 4 JULY 1941 Tgb. Nr.: Dear Mr. Frank! For your dear lines, which you wrote to me on the occasion of the heroic death of my nephew, Captain e.g. Krüder, and our good captain Michaelsen, I thank you very much. In the meantime the deeds of the "Pinguin" have received a worthy honor in the Wehrmacht report. I was very pleased about it. I received a long letter from Mrs. Frowein yesterday. She is of course also deeply shaken by the death of the good Michaelsen, who was very close to her in friendship. Today I come with a modest request. My wife and I will travel to Badgastein in the morning for the cure, where we will stay until July 26. Afterwards we will go to Velden on Lake Wörthersee for the after-treatment for only 4 days, and our youngest son Geert and our niece Margrit Dessart we will follow there. On the return trip from Velden we want to travel to Vienna, some of which I have to do in business there, and others we would like to resend the places where our eldest son stayed in the year l938 before his death. He collapsed from fresh life in Vienna on the street dead of heartbeat. From Vienna we would like to return four directly to Dresden, and then I thought if it was not the direct and fastest way over Prague. On the other hand, I do not know if there are any restrictions on the journey through the Protectorate. If there is a possibility, we would also like to interrupt a day in Prague so that our young companion can get to know the beautiful city. Is that possible and could you give me some kind of permission for this transit? If you yourself in Prague at the time, i.e. on the 8th to the 10th. Of course, if we were present in August, our joy would be double. Would you have the kindness and write me a few lines after Badgastein, Hotel Bellevue, whether my intention can be realized. You know yes, as I mean it. If any inconveniences are connected with it, we will do without it of course. However, if it is, we are very grateful to the inside door of your remorseful intercession. My wife greets me warmly. Claus is now at the Marine School in Flensburg-Mürwik. In old connectedness Thr 14/01/811X $XD10141