English Translation

Copy. Security Service RFsS + SD section Prague. Prague, 8 February 1940. E Mr. State Secretary at the Reichsprotektor in Bohemia and Moravia, SS group leader K.H. Fr a n k , Prague Betr.: Implementation of Reichserbhofgesetz in den Grenzgegege- erg. Vorg.: ohne. An extract from a report of the Reichssichernheitshauptamt of 2 February will be brought to the attention below: "When the Reicherbhofgesetz was implemented in the districts of the Ostmark, which once belonged to the ČSR and are now partly still interspersed with Czech farms, difficulties in the implementation of the Imperial Erbhof Act arise after reports have been received. In practice, it is not yet clear whether this law applies or not to former Czechs who are still operating their farms in the Reichsgebiet. In the law, the claim of the German or similar blood has been established, and before the establishment of the Protectorate, Czechs have not been admitted to the Erbhofverband. However, the introduction of the Reichserbhofgesetz in the former Czech territories of the Ostmark, despite the fact that a number of farms along the border between the Reich and the People's Republic had become hereditary farms, the owners of which were Czechs. In order to secure the people's and the Reich's border, a review of the hereditary role in the border areas was suggested in the reports. In this context, another question arose: since more often land belonging to hereditary farms, which are located in the newly acquired parts of the empire, is transferred to the Protectorate, it is unclear whether these land is to be regarded as belonging to the Erbhof and is subject to its laws, or whether the legal provisions of the Protectorates apply to them. If the latter were to do so, it would therefore be lifted out of the court of inheritance. Since this is a matter of national policy, the reports propose the legal clarification of this issue".