STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 578, sig. 109-4325

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SA/ Betr.:W e s t e n, Hans, Budweis . W.is born on 24.6.1989 in St.Michael, Steinernes Meer. He is married and has 2 children. W. he graduated from the high school and then graduated from a high school course at the Handelsakademie in Vienna. Currently he is the head of his mother's South Bohemian punching and enamelling plants in Budweis and a member of the Association of Metal Industry.He is a representative of the chairman of the Central Association of Industry for Bohemia and Moravia. His knowledge and experience in the economic field are more than average. However, he has not yet evaluated this knowledge in his own company, which is the most unrational among the 3 enamel factories of Budweis. Until the foundation of the Sudetendeutsche Heimatfront in 1933, W. He joined the Sudeten German Home Front as one of the first members in Budweis. In the following years, he actively devoted himself to the political construction work. He was an elected speaker and local group founder in the whole Bohemian Forest region. In autumn 1934 he took over the local management of the SdP in Budweis and later became district head. Finally he was also elected to the regional representation. In autumn l938 he registered as Sudetendeutsche Freikorps and worked in the brigade leadership Linz of the Freikorp section Böhmerwald. W. is currently district head of the NSDAP in Budweis and MdR. Before 1933, W. exclusively moved to libera and Jewish circles. In part, he continued this traffic until the year l938. B. is still under the influence of these circles today. W. is honest and motivated by good will. However, he is too soft and very good-natured. In his decisions he is fickle and is often subject to the influence of the persons who take advantage of his goodness.This circumstance represents a great danger, especially since W. is only a bad person. W. shows himself open to problems that arise for him and is very joyful to work.