English Translation

Copy. The Reichsführer SS The head of the Hauptamt Berlin,16.10.1940. Administration and Economics New Address: Hauptabteilung für Sonderaufgaben Berlin-Lichterfelde West, Unter den Eichen 129. Subject: Repurchase of the property from the possession of the Deutsch Ritter- orden in the course of the Czech soil reform. Reference: Your consultation with SS-Hauptsturmführers R a t z , Busau. In the course of the Czech soil reform, the former German Knights' Order, now the SS, was replaced by its legal successor, the Society for the Promotion and Care of German Cultural Monuments in Busau, several Meierhöfe, Wiesen and Äcker. The Reichsführer SS would like this property to be returned to German hands completely.In this sense, a consultation took place on the occasion of the Reichs Führer's visit to the 4.lo.d.J. between ReichsFührer S.S. and Staatssektretär, SS Group Leader Frank,in which State Secretary Frank also considered the return of the cschechized soil into German hands to be necessary. The signed department asks the Reichsführer SS and State Secretary Frank to assist in the implementation of their project and to transfer the mentioned land as soon as possible to the property of the Gesellschaft zur Förderung und Pflege deutscher Kulturdenkmäler e.V. Should there not be the parcel lists of the separated property, or should there otherwise be questions of doubt, I would like to take up the contact with SS Hauptsturmführer Ratz,Busau, who will provide information about all the questions.As soon as possible I will send you an identical letter under today's date because of the return of the detached forest property. Heil Hitler! The head of the department for special tasks Klein SS Hauptsturmführer