STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 2141, sig. 109-8/24

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5 - Confession, residing in Prague I, Bethlehemsgasse 7. H. was formerly an officer of the former K.u.k. Navy and was admitted to the former Czecho-Slovak police after the war. Afterwards he was a Rottmeister with the Czechoslovak army in a motorized battalion and later in Genie troop 6. Due to his religious attitude he resigned and transferred to the Salvation Army. In 19ž6 he travelled over Belgium to England and France. Subsequently he also repeatedly went abroad, today he is caretaker in the building of the Salvation army, Prague, Bethlehemsgasse 7 10. Ko štá l ko v á,Anna "Majorin", born on 14.5.1893 in Prague, without confession, single, resident Prague XII, Municher Straße 61. 192o she travelled to Sweden for the duration of 2 years - allegedly for language studies. In 193o she undertook another trip to the Nordic states. 11. Clay, William, Englishman, currently in Stockholm, unknown. 12. B a n g h , Karl, English, also currently in Stockholm, more unknown. The latter two were appointed as international Revidents for the Salvation Army in Prague. However, they were not reported in the police in Prague, so there are four foreigners among the real members of the sect in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. Some of the remaining members have made longer trips abroad and are still under English influence through Sweden. This international interweaving of the sect inevitably determines the course of their work today. All these persons are employed as officers of the Salvation Army as the only occupation against payment. They have a remarkably good education and speak several languages throughout; for example, all "majors" have excellent knowledge of the French language, the "Majorin" Foučková also speaks English in the most perfect form and is constantly on business trips in the Protectorate. In view of this, the external validity of the offices of the headquarters is very striking.