STÁTNÍ TAJEMNÍK U ŘÍŠSKÉHO PROTEKTORA V ČECHÁCH A NA MORAVĚ, PRAHA, inv. 1785, sig. 109-5/13 Page 2 · 2 of 94
THE SECRETARY TO THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1785, sig. 109-5/13
English Translation
1 RFSS The Commander of the Security Police and SD Prague, 19.6.1941. 0 VII Cab. Ar. B. d. S. Düco des G.ansahe:s Request to reply brittle business oak and give date {2/ bein Reoup oeoe in Bohemia uno Mahten. Eing.: 19.JUNI 1941 To Tgb. Mr.: Higher J and Police Leader 4-Group Leader K.H.Fr a n k Prag Betr.: Advertising activity for the brochure "Victory of Arms, Victory of the Child" in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. Anlg.: - 1 - In recent weeks, representatives of rich German companies in Prague have been aware of the fact that the 4-brochure "victory of arms, victory of the child" in larger enterprises, regardless of the ethnicity of the members of the company, is being dealt with at the Office of the Imperial Protector and the SD section of Prague. These representatives showed during their advertising visit the attached multi-faceted circular of the chief of the i-main office and tried partly to put pressure on Czech companies. They actually also reached orders which according to previous findings amounted to a total of 40-50.ooo pieces. The result of a state police investigation was as follows: 1.) The representatives of Georg W a r t s c h e k (born on l3.l0.1910 in Bromberg) and Georg K n o f (born in Berlin) On 15 May 1915 in Dres- den) came on 2.4.194l from Krakow to Prague and developed the above mentioned advertising activity here on the alleged order of a Mr. S c h h e r from Nordland-Verlag (Berlin W 30, Geisbergstr.24). They visited almost all the relevant trade = and industrial companies of the Protectorate. Knof admitted that in advertising in the protectorate he had worn visibly long black boots, black boots and a brown shirt without partymate - 2 - $I-414