English Translation

nSV Reichsprotectors in Bohemia and Moravia, General and in the fight for the National Socialist idea of tried fighter and soldier, us, soldiers, do not deny the qualities of heart training which, you, highly respected General, have only led to sacrifice for your people and to lead to a greatness worthy of the quality of your people. You also want to consider, Mr General, that we, old soldiers, are not only used to it, but that it was a postulate of honor to think and feel loyal and to appreciate the principles of honor and civic duties as a precondition for our career. We ask you, highly esteemed General, just as you have found an exception for our German comrades 2 necessary to order that you also in full confidence in us, Austrian-Hungarian officers who fought and bled hand in hand with our German companions, let this benevolent exception apply to those who have lawfully trusted their wives in the Austrian- Hungarian army and thus spare us from the shame that falls on us and donate here with peace and blessings to our families, of which they could rejoice until the end of their lives. Do not allow, Mr General, that grayed-up women and men with crying children be exposed to a shame which did not follow the impeccable direction which 13687