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

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107 3 - "Just be calm with your political past. I am still the son of the circuit leader W e s t e n ". W e st e n jun. nevertheless went to the passport office and demanded that # & his father be the circuit director W e r s t a n, the exhibition of the pass. It is interesting to note that this - IT Jew is the godchild of the circle leader W e - s t e n. From the church book it can be seen that Herbert G r i m m am ll.l.l923 was born to Budweis as the son of the Arier Dr. G r m m. and his wife, a full Jew. As godparents, the local district leader, factory manager Hans elr W e s't'e n, is registered in Budweis, Teindlerstrasse 499, and the baptized Jew Dr. Alfred S p i t z , née l2.ll.l866 zù Gorica, Italy. The baptism of the church took place at the Protestant parish office in Budweis on ll.2.l923. The Jew S-p-it z , with whom W e s t e n together raised the child from baptism, was baptized on 9 April 19905 in the Protestant church congregation in Komotau. 4.) In the month of April or May l939 District Leader W e t e r n° appeared at my field office manager and asked to issue a pass for the son of the Jew H e r z so that he could study in England. 5.) In October l939, W e s t e n campaigned for the release of a radio apparatus, which a member of parliament had received from the Jew K u l k a in Budweis a few days before the seizure of the Jewish radios. In Frauenberg near Budweis, the business of the NSDAP is run by a woman, K u h n, who was married to a Jew until a short time ago. District leader W e - s t e n confirmed the political reliability of this woman.