STÁTNÍ TAJEMNÍK U ŘÍŠSKÉHO PROTEKTORA V ČECHÁCH A NA MORAVĚ, PRAHA, inv. 2141, sig. 109-8/24 Page 7 · 7 of 71
STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 2141, sig. 109-8/24
English Translation
- 3 - ministerial. The statutes are known only to real members whose number cannot exceed 12 persons on the whole area of activity. The following persons are real members of the Salvation Army Association in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia: 1. L a r s son , Karl. Swedish national, Commander-in-Chief (Commandant for the Nordic and Central European countries), currently in Stockholm, appointed since 1.4.194o. Larsson used to work for the Salvation Army in Russia. He had to flee from there with his wife after the overthrow. His 8 children are also active as "officers" of the Salvation army. One of his daughters is married to the "officer" of the Salvation Army K i k e r a (Danish), who was formerly also resident in Prague. Larsson left Prague in 1921 and came to the headquarters in Prague only temporarily. He showed himself politically as indifferent. 2. P i v o n k a Franz, representative of Larsson in the Protectorate and Secretary General, residing in Prague XII, Čermák-Straße 3 (Cermákova). Pivonka was born on 15.12. 189o in Raudnitz. He has lived in Prague since 1938. He still belongs to the Roman Catholic Church. He made a number of trips abroad with orders of the Salvation Army, and often he went to congresses of this sect to England, Italy, Germany, France, Holland and Yugoslavia. 3. J e d l i č k a , Otokar, "Major" of the Healing Army, residing in Prague XII, Municher Straße 61 (Londynská), born 15.1.1895 in Prague. He belongs to the Evangelical Bohemian Brothers Church and is married. J. served in the Czech military in the Inf.Reg. No. 29 and is lieutenant of the reserve. Until 1923 he was a partner of the company Heloctia and then in the Salvation Army as cashier. He has approximately K 26 ooo.--- annual income and owns his own car. 4. Th y k ja e r. Einar, "superior" of the Salvation Army, supposedly Danish state member, nearer personalities unknown. Thykjaer is Territorial Leader of the Healing Army. He went to Finland with his family from Prague in March 194o. The dismissal of Thykyaer was justified by the fact that the headquarters