English Translation

h Copy. Security Service RFSS Prague, 3.9.1939. SD-Zentralstelle für Böhmen und Mähren. B 2 PA 1796 To the Reichsprotector in Bohemia and Moravia e.g. by SS-Hauptsturmführer Dr.Gies, Prague Czerninpalais. Betr.: J a n k u , Ignaz, Dr., born 7.5.l89o in Rohle Bez. Hohenstadt, kath., Z.Zt. Council of the political administration of the state authority in Brno. Vorg.: Hies. B 2. 12.8.1939 Following the above letter, the following information is given: Dr. Ignaz J a n k u was before he took up his post at the Landesbehörde in Brno in mid-April 1939, for example open to German, but later, out of fear of losing his post, acted strictly in accordance with Czech regulations. As an applicant, he should always have behaved very correctly by keeping exactly to the wording of all the regulations; however, this often resulted in differences with the substantial population of the district of Datschitz/Zlabings, which in its "correct" behaviour contravened. The Czechs, however, presented him with the best material and named him one of the most capable officers of the district office there. Despite this behaviour as an official of the Czech state, St. must always have remained a German. This is also demonstrated by his efforts to enter a purely