STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 2004, sig. 109-7/11

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9 29 September 1941. Sta. St.s.385/203/41. gustlov neh rin nectid sie Trsb dol .nelfetens .relretosdie enssde ITEIIH IteH To Mr. Til Primatorrepresentative Professor Dr. P f i t z n e r , 2 9. IX.1941 Prague, Town Hall. Dear Professor! 18GC Jn Things Memorial of the well-known soldier I place you in knowledge of the following decision of the Deputy Reich Protector, #-Obergruppenführer Heydrich: It is clear that the corpse of a Czech defector killed in the battle at Zborov has been buried in the tomb. The tomb and thus the close are symbols of the legionnairedom. As such, they have prepared and honored the former rulers and the Czech population. The head of the High Command of the Wehrmacht has decided that for the Wehnmacht the Greetings will be lifted at the memorial. In this situation the flames must be extinguished before the monument. They are instructed to carry out the above arrangement including the removal of the pylons.