English Translation

The Head of Division IV (Rulturpolitik) Prague, 20 January 1944. W/Kö Minister Office Flng.: 2 0. JAN. 1944 To SS-Standartenführer Dr. G i e s . Betr.: Exhibition "Deutsche Künstler und die SS". Attachment. My consultation with the Obergruppenführers am l9.l. has shown that the event of the above-mentioned exhibition in Prague is not considered, whereas there are no doubts about its holding in Brno. The rejection for Prague can be formally justified by the fact that a larger exhibition of the Metzner-Bund is currently in preparation, which is supposed to represent 25ğährfges sudetendeutsches Kunstschaffen, and an additional space for the SS-Exhibition is no longer available. If there is a political_reason_am_Platze, it should be pointed out that every German exhibition in Prague also takes place in front of the Czech public. However, it does not seem expedient to point out a special conception of a glia- tion to the whole of German art. where $\9} }$ St.M.