English Translation

Secret State Police Prague II, 19 March 19.40 State Police Headquarters Prague Bredauer Gaffe 18 Telephone number: Nir. 30041 B.-No. II H Please indicate in the reply above symbol and date office of the State Secretary. bein Reidh protector in Bohemia and märten. 1DDY Eing.: 23.MRZ.1940 An Tgb. Nr.: 4-Sturmbannführer Oberregierungsrat Prag2. C Czerninpalais. 49 1,0n0nae00eg0 ES Dogmlne eeoutassdcs cod tBr tettededes at -Oberführer O p l ä n d e r has asked me to give you a list of cases in which the district leader W e s t e n in Budweis has campaigned for Jews or in which it has been expressed that he does not consistently adhere to National Socialist principles in the Jewish question. This list cannot claim to be complete, since from here such cases have not been collected and the number of favours for release from prison by the circle leader W e s t e n is very large. The following examples are in my memory especially for this reason, because it is precisely circle leader W e s t e n, who has constantly exposed himself in this way. Kreisleiter W e s t e n has repeatedly intervened for the prisoners arrested in the course of the A-Kartei and has taken the position that there is no reason for further detention after the end of the Polish campaign. In particular, he has often campaigned for individual Jews. In the requests of the Jews for release from prison, a conspicuously often reference is made to circuit leaders W e s t e n. These requests were then mostly given to circuit heads W e r s t a n for comment.