STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 594, sig. 109-4/341

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Sicherheitsdienst RF Prag-Bubentsch 3.6.40 SD-Leitabteilung Prag Sachfenweg 159 Fernfprecher 77444 B 2 - PA 6651 Büco des Slaaisfekcetärs bo.i Reichspcotekioe in Böhmen und Mähren. Eing.: 4.JUNI 1940 An den Tgb. Nr... 3184 Seetrtt rer bei Reichsprotektor in Böhmen und Mähren, 4-group leader K.H. Fr a n k 1716 Prag mo I4 a be H qanialn fir ber berette gin grys 7 hered:440taf, Goe ise berolk. Betr.: G i r t h, Maximilian, Dr., Reg.-Ass., Government Commissioner in Prossnitz. Ml alhai 2/dd Conau Vorg.: Ohne. 18/6.4@ 18/0 9 According to a note in the "New Day" dated 23.5.4o, Regierungsassessor Dr. G ir t h was appointed as successor of Dr. Böss as Government Commissioner for Pros snitz. About G. is known here: Girth was formerly active in Brno,Prossnick and Troppau. From 1934 to 1935 he attended the reserve officer school of the former Czechoslovak army in Ung.-Hradisch and then served until June 1936 at the IR 6 in Olmütz. In the time of his training in the officer school, G. never denied his Germanism, but always tried to show a "state-faithful" behaviour. He was also referred to as "reliable" on the Czech side and promoted strikingly early to an officer. It can be seen from the fact that he was assigned to a minethrower department where Germans were admitted only in exceptional cases. In 1937/38 G. In 1938, he served as a secret officer in @lmütz. In the fall of l937, G. worked with civilian administrative authorities, was first employed by the state authority in Brno and since the beginning of l 938 with the district authority in Prossnitz. Sromen Lrdlo Again, despite his commitment to Germanism -2 fith Rarafa /4 1V C8 91rv