English Translation

The Imperial Protector Oh reg bep of t in Bohemia and Moravia II/2-1.220-2/40. Nr. Confidential ! Sa Herr Oberregierungsrat Dr. G i e s im Hause. Referring to your letter of 16.7.1940. Occasionally my presence in Berlin has me the speaker for Erbhoffragen in the REM Oberregovernierungsrate Dr. J o h a e shared the following: The provision in the Reichsgau Sudetenland that only German ethnic members could become hereditary farmers had not been introduced in the Eastern Mark with regard to the Hungarians, Slovenes and other ethnic groups living there. Therefore, also for the Czech ethnic groups one could not make an exception. In practice, however, the foreign peoples would not be hereditary farmers. Kinpnhen hohg 828/12 28/15.40 St.S.7-3/4i