STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1983, sig. 109-6/75

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139 7 January 1941. 4-Grup. St.S. 4/41. Thu 1. To 4-Group Leader P o h 1, 7. Chief of the House and Buildings, Berlin-Lichterfelde-West, Unter den Eichen 127. Dear comrade Pohl! From a letter from the still-keeping commissioner for organizations, Reichenberg, to the commissioner for organisations at the Reichsprotector in Bohemia and Moravia on 24 January 1941, June 1940 - Sign of Schz/., concerning German-Or- den u.s.w., collect ict, arsie bez. Her office places value on Castle Busau near works of art. The objects of art are concerned. Unfortunately, the investigation led to the conclusion that the works of works of Art have personal property of the Archduke Eugen v. Habsburg had always been kept separately as the personal property of the Archduke in the inventory directory of the German Knights' Order. The works of art fell to the Czech-Slovak state on the basis of the so-called Habsburg Act of 12 August 1921 (Slg.d.G.U.V.No. 354/1921). In this respect - for example, by claiming the right of the Reichsprotektor to make a change - the consequences for the claims of the Habsburg House, for example - 2 - St. S.I $29b