STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 2578, sig. 109-12226

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04 Stiftung Volk und Reich Responsibilities Protectorate An j-Obersturmbannführer,Hauptsehriftleiter Friedrich H e i s s , Prague XII, Schwerinstraße 3 Prague, February 5, 1942 Dear party comrade Heiss ! The president of the foundation Volk and Reich Reich leader W Heinrich Himmler commissioned me to represent him in the area of the Protectorate. My job as deputy of the President in the area of the Protectorate is to carry out the tasks of the People and the Reich Foundation in the field of the protectorate, in particular to manage the funds allocated to the Foundation for use in the protectionate for the purpose of the Foundation. In the spirit of my mandate, I appoint a board of trustees for my support and advice in carrying out the Foundation's tasks in the Protectorate. I chair the curatorium; the board's committee is composed of four-story leaders Böhme, Director General Dr. Adolf und -Obersturm- bannführer Friedrich Heiss, to whom I, as managing board member of the foundation, also transfer the management of my task in the Protectorate. I ask you to give me your consent to your appointment to the narrow committee of the board of trustees. Heil Hitler !