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

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Red/h Excerpted copy. The Wehrmacht authorised Prague, the 4th 10.1941. to go to the Imperial Protector in Bohemia and Moravia No. 1211/41. I A We i s u n g e n No. 14. EEEEEEEEEEEEEAEEEI 7.) Repealed of the duty of greeting before the tomb of the "Unknown Soldier" in Prague. It has recently turned out that the former "Grabmal of the Unknown Soldier" in Prague, Old Town Square, was created to honor the Czech legionnaire from World War II. The torches at the tomb will be extinguished on presentation of the Lord's Imperial Protector. This also includes the condition under which the German occupation army ordered the duty of the German Wehrmacht to be paid to members of the Wehr-macht and was later taken over by the Wermacht in accordance with the provisions of section X, paragraph 13 of February 15, 1940. The duty of a "Grußmacht" for members of Wehrmascht will be lifted from October 2, 1941. The location regulations for Prague and the information sheet for the location Prague (point 15) must be amended accordingly. The Wehrmacht members must be instructed. (Ic pol No. 923/41 geh. vom 1.10.41) The Wehrenmacht authorized geim Reichsprotektor in Böhmen und Mähren gez. Friderici, General der Jnfanterie.