English Translation

Copy! Rpr. 863/41 g. Der Chef Berlin W 35, den 21.Juli 194l. des Oberkommandos der Wehrmacht Tirpitzufer 72/76. Nr. 2971 / 41 AWA/W Allg. (II). To Sel 6 Herr Reichsprotektor in N Böhmen und Mähren, itare TOE Prag. efb LUU CEO - Betr.: Greetings before the memorial of the unknown Czech soldier at the Old Town Square in Prague. - - - en Dear Mr Reichsprotector! As I was informed, there is a different handling of the greeting to the memorial of the unknown Czech soldier at the Old Town Ring in Prague. The members of the party and their divisions no longer express a greeting this time of honor, since the unknown soldier, who is buried in the chapel of the town hall, fell as a Czech defector in the battle at Zborov, i.e. in the fight against the central powers, and therefore this tomb is a symbol of legionarydom. In the case of the Wehrmacht, an obligation to greet the German troops in Bohemia was introduced in March 1939 in the effect of the wreath laying down, in which the feeling of military respect for the fallen of a former hostile state should be expressed.