English Translation

National Socialist German Workers' Party The deputy of the leader of Munich 33, 30 January 1940. Braunes haus Stab I11/04 - Eis. 38434. Office of the state secretary brim Reidhspeothehtor An den in Böhmen und mähren. SS.-Group leader Eing.- 2.FEB.1940 Karl Hermann F r a n k Igb- Fr.: 787 Preg, U Czerny-Palais. : Deutsche Dionstpost Böhnen-Mähren. T co V Betreift: Rüekbrändung der 9 Tafeln des Hohenfurther Meisters 2s aus Prag. The state conservator in Linz writes to me the following: "The world-renowned 9 Tabeln from Hohenfurth are among the earliest witnesses of the German gothic table painting. Until 1938 they remained in the monastery Hohenfurt, and were only then brought to Prague for restoration purposes. Although in the course of the September events Hohenfurth was connected to the Gau Oberdonau, the Prague government still seems to have been of the opinion at the end of 1938 that the plates could remain in the state painting collection in Prague as (obviously intended for forever) loans. Proof of this is the work of the "Gotische Malerei in Böhmen" by Prof. Dr. Matejcek, lin detisie with the note ./, published in Prague at the end of 1938.