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INSTITUTE PRAG I, 23.2.1943. 18 FOR UR-, PRE- AND FRUIT HISTORY Kreuzherrengasse 2 (Klementinum), Call 347-87 FOR THE GERMAN KARLS-UNIVERSITAT L DIRECTOR: PROF. DR. ZOTZ iretärs tor jren. Tgb.Nr. 145/43 M [ 2 4 FEB. 1943 23/2yen Ministerial Councillor Dr. Giess I! Me Prag_ IV. Czernin Palais /44. Dear Mr. Ministerial Councillor, In reply to your letter dated 2 February 1943, which was only published on 1 February 1943. In my hands, I take a position on the question kunz raised by the Secretary of State: The sentences: "Prague's Bürg is the visible sign of Germanic-German culture and domination in Bohemia, three Viking founders were placed in the same place for the final resting," according to the current state of research, to be described at least as exaggerated. The Secretary of State may have read my essay in the December issue (Burgheft) of Bohemia and Moravia, where I have just said what we can say about this question at the moment. In the early-historical Slavic period, the West Germanic-Francian influence has been significant since the 7th century CE. Later, for the 9th and the 10th century AD. In the 19th century, we can prove that the northern Germanic Vikings have included Bohemian meals in their sphere of interest (if I may put it that way). It is repeatedly assumed that the "Slavic" princely family of the Przemyslids was of North Germanic-Viking origin. We cannot prove this to this day, if I am personally convinced that this assumption is correct. All leading Polish and most of the Russian noble families of Viking origin are proven. The grave of the Prague Castle, pictured in the 4-leaf, belongs to a Germanic, probably indeed to a Viking. But it can also be about a franc; certainly it is not a Slave according to the type of additions. To conclude from this tomb find, the Prague Castle would be a Wikin- gische foundation, does not concern in my opinion. I hope that the Secretary of State is served with this little. Unfortunately, at the moment a number of early historical problems are not yet to be answered with the desired clarity. However, I have already commissioned a younger researcher, who is currently in the field, with the comprehensive treatment of these questions. Heil Hitler!