English Translation

Dr. Gerolf Count of Coudenhove. Prague. October 18, 1944. Prague XVT/l849. Budian-Höhe 2 Minlsteramt E9 25 0KT. 1944 Dear Minister of State! Tch is concerned that my two sons could be released from the Wehrmacht because of their relationship with my emigrant brother. I am allowed to point out the following circumstances: 1/ My eldest son was born in November l926. my second son was in April l928. My brother emigrated in autumn l938; before that he had his permanent residence in Switzerland and only rarely came to Prague. My sons can therefore go to their home, which they have seen last as lo zweite lljährig children. 2/ The education of the children was exclusively in my and my wife's hands. We both belonged, as you know, to the SdP as members. We have both of us during the wartime, I myself later during my service in your authority. and during my two-year front assignment as an officer. especially with the 1st tank army in the east campaign, my wife had the opportunity to prove through her free-will operation at the German Red Cross. SS-Obergruppenführer Karl Hermann Fr a n k. German Minister of State for Bohemia and Moravia. P_ra g IV Czerninpalais V4/986-C-1-m