English Translation

The Imperial Protector Prague Il, June 3, 1940. 01 in Bohemia and Moravia Fügnerplaş 4 telex 55360, 513-51/3 Representative for Organizations 27 Dr. Schö/A. The repetition of the "Betresfs" (receipts) and the Miktatmarke is indispensable for the resolution of the response of the High Government Council SS-Sturmbannführer Dr. G i e s , P_r_9_9 _IV.2 Czerninpalais. bg. Dorer Jis beke, da dhie Subject: Deutscher_Orden Freudenthal - Kunstwerke aus dem Schlosse Busau- Heresy's letter to the State Secretary SS - Group leader Karl Hermann Celloenge miks learner Frank of March 5, 1940. fearrden lad beu laick. 206.40. I come to that at that time with the former V speaker of my department, Dr. Schöppe, guided long-distance call back and allow me to say the following: The castle Busau near Olmütz in northern Moravia was the seat of the German Order.At the time of the founding of the Czech-Slovak state, Archduke Eugen von Habsburg was the High Master of the Deutscher Ordnung. The Czechoslovak state considered both the castle and the inventor of the castle, including various valuable art objects as the property of the Archduke Eugene, and therefore had the confiscation on the basis of the Habsburg Treaty. However, it must be pointed out that the castle Busau has always been the seat of the German Order and that Archdaughter Eugene could only be regarded as the master of the 2 German Order as the owner of the palace. The artworks taken by the confiscation bear the monogram EH /Eugen von Habsburg/. The works of art were largely taken from the receipts of the Liegenschaft des Deutschen Ördens, which were sent to the Archduke Eugene - 2 - $\1$2