English Translation

116 Hamburg, 24 December 1939 Mr. State Secretary Karl Hermann FF. r a n k in Prague Very venerable Karl Hermann Frank ! In the letter I addressed to you in mid-November, I wrote about my younger son, who had returned from the struggles in Poland in good health. Now it has fallen to the fate to take him away forever, five days before Christmas. In the realization of how fast and change= the content of the hour is, I also give you a share of this. Ith draw with Heil Hitler and I am your devoted Erik Bradt On 18 December 1939 died in the exercise of his Hamburg, service the aeronautical death for leader and father country of the Staatliches Schauspielhaus. II The season loses in him one of her best f comrades and goldatas. We will never forget him. Müller Oberleutnant and relay captain in a battle squadron