STÁTNÍ TAJEMNÍK U ŘÍŠSKÉHO PROTEKTORA V ČECHÁCH A NA MORAVĚ, PRAHA, inv. 2026, sig. 109-7/33 Page 101 · 101 of 174
STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 2026, sig. 109-7/33
English Translation
9S - 3 - because I was aware that this was not only a good service to the German people, but also to the powerful power. I can provide many proofs of this activity in this direction. As a result, immediately after the Munich agreement with the then representatives of the NSDAP in Iglau /Dr. Hans-mann; Dr. Roeder, Dr. Engelmann/ and in the first row concerning the regulation of the town hall conditions in Iglau could establish relations, where we were then before the elections in the city council. As a result of this whole attitude to the German people I was elected mayor of the city of Ig Lau, which election was at that time also very sympathetically accepted by the Iglau Germans. At that time I was called Germanophile by some Czech parties and it was even claimed that I was paid by the German side. I did not take up the office of mayor of the city of Iglau, because Iglu was occupied by the german military before my confirmation as mayor. But it was precisely during this time that it became clear that I was never hostile to German, since I immediately