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bb Sicherheitsdienst RF4 Prag-Bubentich, 10 Dec. 1940. SD-CeitsteilPrag Sachfenweg Fernfprecher 77444 E 5 - VA 824 To the Secretary of State at the Reichsprotektor in Bohemia and Moravia 4-group leader Fr a n k Ay Prag Betr.: Kunstwerke des Deutschen Ritterordens aus dem Schloss Busau. Vorg.: hier E 5 vom 16.9.1940. The following is reported on the letter of 16 September 1940: The 20 paintings and 4 sculptures in question all come from the personal property of the Archduke Eugene von Habsburg and were always listed separately in the register of the German Knights' Order. These objects fell under the law of 12 August 1901 Coll. No. 354/1921 to the then Czechoslovak state. 1.V. /houm St.S.1t29a 44-6tarmbaunjührer