STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 782, sig. 109-4/533

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Mr Karl Hermann F r a n k, P r a g IV., Czerninpalais. THE PRIMATOR-STELL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE MAIN STATE PRAG. Büco of the State Secretary 2 G.Z.991/40. ben Reichsprotector in Bökmen and Moravia. Eing.: 9.MA11940 Tgb. No. Subject: Road renaming. Dear Secretary of State! As you know, it is very important to me to carry out the renaissance and Germanization in Prague's name. Therefore, in the sense of the decree of the Lord Reich Protector of April 4th, I have ensured that the decision on the submitted Elaborate is carried out immediately in the city. Everything has therefore happened from our side, so that the realization can finally be achieved. However, in this case, I have to experience again and again that the political service of the "community" has maintained a broad passive resistance. This was also the reason why, three days ago, I put pressure on the head of the political service, Dr. Morway, to think about it for some time. In order not to let all these questions be forgotten and to bring this whole work to the public and above all to the German language of Prague, I decided to make a long article available to the press under the title "Prague's new nameantlitz". To my great astonishment, I then had to hear that the "New Day" could not bring this article, since it was held back by censorship. An immediate telephonic inquiry with Dr.Frhrn.v.Gregory showed that he knew nothing about a certain instruction in this matter and that he did not ask for the submission of my article either. He was only aware that this article ran through him and that he had passed it on to Ing. Zankl, to whom he referred me in the rest. He then informed me that he did not