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

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2 - bs/ as a high master, and to a lesser extent purchased from the private assets of the Archduke Eugene von Habsburg.- The castle Busau and the entire inventory must be regarded as a whole, in the local view, since the castle Buseau was primarily the seat of the German Orden and belonged to the ArchDuke Eugen von Habsburg only as his high master.According to the local opinion, the confiscation under the Habsburg law was wrong.-The works of art, which were confiscated as an inventory of the castle busau, share the same fate as the castle, whether they carry the monogram of the archduke eugen or not. The German Order bought the castle Busau for the amount of K 300,000.-- from the Czechoslovak State.The works of art are not included in this purchase price. By the final decree of the Office Commissioner for Organisations in Reichenberg on the German Order, the Schloss Busau was instructed by the German Reichsverein für Volkspflege und Siedlerhilfe e.v., Potsdam-Babelsberg,Strasse der SA 32. At the same time, I inform the Deutsche Reichsverband that he should contact you regarding the return of the art objects. Heil Hitler! Commissioned : NoY Dr.h.Botf/.